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Language:
Au
Lect:
Au
latitude,longitude:
-4.3,142.5
Patterns [ 4 ] Attributes Syllables [ 2 ] Sources [ 4 ] Words [ 4 ]
Stress Type Pattern Description Notes View
Pattern Name Word Size Pattern Kind
primary
STCSPC
F/F12..89/1L
 ≥1 syllable dominant
secondary
STCSPC
No informationNo information
 ≥1 syllable dominant
in_toto leftmost heavy ≥1 syllable dominant
exceptional Exceptional (Au) ≥1 syllable exceptional

No attributes associated with this lect.

Syllable Parameters [ 2 ] Syllabic Template Weight
closed_syll: yes
long_v: yes

No syllabic template information for this lect.

No syllabic weight information for this lect.

1995 Bailey, Todd M. 1995. Nonmetrical Constraints on Stress. Doctoral dissertation, Univerisity of Minnesota. Ann Arbor, MI: UMI.
1995 Hayes, Bruce. 1995. Metrical stress theory: Principles and case studies. Chicago: University of Chicago Press.
297: Stress leftmost heavy syllable, otherwise leftmost syllable. (Hayes 1995:297)
297: Non-moraic prominence distinctions (Hayes 1995:297)
1985 Scorza, D. 1985. A sketch of Au morphology and syntax. Papers in New Guinea Linguistics [Pacific Linguistics A63. Canberra: Australian National University], 22, 215-273.
1985 Scorza, D. (1985). A sketch of Au Morphology and Syntax. Papers in New Guinea Linguistics 22, Pacific Linguistics, series A-63, 215-273.
219: Stress normally occurs on the first syllable of a word. The high central unrounded vowel and the mid central unrounded vowel are never stressed unless these are the only vowels in the word, in which case stress is initial. In other cases stress is on the first other vowel. (Scorza 1985:219)
ˈmɨtʌ woman
ˈpʌrpʌrʌ flying fox
kɨˈsawɨn he hides
kʌˈwat he gives