Re: Syllable Structure, Syllable Weight, Rhythm, Stress
| From: | John Vertical <johnvertical@...> |
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| Date: | Saturday, July 12, 2008, 14:51 |
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On Fri, 11 Jul 2008 13:15:00 -0400, Eldin Raigmore wrote:
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>Are their any natlangs whose rhythm-type for distribution of secondary
>stresses, is weight-sensitive? For instance, every second mora instead of
>every second syllable?
Finnish is usually trocaic, but a folloing hevvy syllable will attract
secondary stress from a light one.
/'kirsik,kainen/
/'juokse,masta/
/'eleh,dintä/
but
/'kiertele,mättä/
John Vertical