Browse — Language: Asmat, Casuarina Coast — Lect
ReturnPattern:
In words of all sizes, primary stress falls on the initial syllable. In words of all sizes, secondary stress falls iteratively on odd numbered syllables, counting from the right.
- Voorhoeve, C. 1965. The Flamingo Bay dialect of the Asmat language. 's-Gravenhage:M. Nijhoff.
- Excerpt not available.
- Gordon, Matthew. 2002. A factorial typology of quantity insensitive stress. Natural Language and Linguistic Theory 20. pages 491-552.
- Excerpt not available.
type:
quantity-insensitive (qi)
subtype:
binary
No theoretical analysis for this pattern.
Here is the result:
FSA head
FSA tail
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closed_syll:
yes
syllable_template:
(C)V(C) ??
any
weight:
0
2002
Gordon, Matthew. 2002. A factorial typology of quantity insensitive stress. Natural Language and Linguistic Theory 20. pages 491-552.
1965
Voorhoeve, C.L. (1965). The Flamingo Bay dialect of the Asmat Language, Verhandelingen van het Koninklijk Instituut voor Taal, Land en Volkenkunde 46. The Hague: M.Nijhoff.
uˈsi
camp
eˈco
revenge
ˌusaˈwic
banana
caˈnupir
pelican
ˈocen
spear
omˈ.ocen
kind of spear
eˈmen.meˈten
calf band
ˈumu.naˈkap
full
ˈtow.om.iw.ˈtaw
to bring something inside for someone
ˈme.tewer.ˈic
take it