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Language:
Alawa
Lect:
Alawa
latitude,longitude:
-15,134
Patterns [ 4 ] Attributes Syllables [ 1 ] Sources [ 3 ] Words [ 9 ]
Pattern:
penultimate
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In words of all sizes, primary stress falls on the penultimate syllable.

Sharpe, Margaret. 1972. Alawa phonology and grammar. Canberra: Australian NationalUniversity.
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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: single

No theoretical analysis for this pattern.



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FSA tail

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Syllable Parameters Syllabic Template Weight [ 1 ]

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2002 Gordon, Matthew. 2002. A factorial typology of quantity insensitive stress. Natural Language and Linguistic Theory 20. pages 491-552.
1972 Sharpe, Margaret. 1972. Alawa phonology and grammar. Canberra: Australian NationalUniversity.
1972 Sharpe, M. C. (1972). Alawa Phonology and Grammar. AIATSIS, Canberra.
  Stress is on the penult. (Sharpe 1972)
ˈmama food
alˈawal properly
ˈnula he
balˈpalpi slowly
ˈnipa na his
ˈnuřad̝i right up
an ˈpina ŋa my daughter
ˈpařakal spear
bat̪iˈrina devil