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Abkhaz

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Abkhaz (living)

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STC: LEX, SPC: lexical

In all words, primary stress occurs on the proper syllables, which are determined lexically. The pattern of primary stress is not predictable..

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type: quantity-insensitive (qi)

Unbounded, QS (v1) theory: StressTyp Parameters

Theoretical Elements Domain unbounded Stress_EM no Stress_Weight yes

Unbounded, QS, trochaic if LL, left if HH (v1) theory: StressTyp Parameters

Theoretical Elements Domain unbounded Stress_EM no Stress_h_h left Stress_l_l trochaic Stress_repair no Stress_Weight yes

Unbounded, QS, left if HH (v1) theory: StressTyp Parameters

Theoretical Elements Domain unbounded Stress_EM no Stress_h_h left Stress_repair no Stress_Weight yes

Unbounded, QS, left if HH, right EM theory: StressTyp Parameters

Theoretical Elements Domain unbounded Stress_EM right Stress_EM_Unit ? Stress_h_h left Stress_Weight yes

Unbounded, QS, trochaic if LL theory: StressTyp Parameters

Theoretical Elements Domain unbounded Stress_EM no Stress_l_l trochaic Stress_repair no Stress_Weight yes

Null (v1) theory: StressTyp Parameters

Unbounded, QS (v2) theory: StressTyp Parameters

Theoretical Elements Domain unbounded Stress_EM no Stress_repair no Stress_Weight yes

Unbounded (v2) theory: StressTyp Parameters

Theoretical Elements Domain unbounded Stress_EM no Stress_repair no Stress_Weight no

Unbounded, QS, right EM theory: StressTyp Parameters

Theoretical Elements Domain unbounded Stress_EM right Stress_EM_Unit syllable Stress_repair no Stress_Weight yes

Right, QS (v2) theory: StressTyp Parameters

Theoretical Elements Domain right Stress_Weight yes

Unbounded, QS (v3) theory: StressTyp Parameters

Theoretical Elements Domain unbounded Stress_Weight yes

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No attributes associated with this lect.

closed_syll: yes

long_v: yes

syllable_template: (C)V(C)

No syllabic weight information for this lect.

1979 Hewitt, B. G. (1979). Abkhaz. Lingua Descriptive Studies 2. Amsterdam: North Holland Publishing Company.

263: There are minimal pairs. Stress is accompanied by greater intensity and, if pronounced in isolation, a falling pitch (accent).Stress position is not constant. (Hewitt 1979:263)

264: Stress position is not predictable from the phonotactic structure of the word. (Hewitt 1979:264)

ˈaratɕʷa plurality

aˈratɕʷa coal

araˈtɕʷa bark from a walnut tree