Re: Tj'a-ts'a~n stress pattern

At 04:57 PM 2/9/99 +0100, Kristian Jensen wrote:
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>I have read about bantu languages that lengthen the vowels in
>stressed syllables. According to the "Compendium of the World's
>Languages" by George Campbell, Zulu has regular stress on the
>penultimate syllable and this contains a long vowel.
Could you tell us something about this book?

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