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Re: Euphonic phonology (Was: 'Nor' in the World's Languages)

From:Carsten Becker <carbeck@...>
Date:Sunday, August 20, 2006, 10:00
From: "Dirk Elzinga" <dirk.elzinga@...>
Sent: Saturday, August 19, 2006 10:52 PM

>> Seconded. BTW, do I correctly interpret what you wrote >> and Miapimoquitch has pitch accent? > > No, there is no pitch accent in Miapimoquitch. Out of > curiosity, what > lead you to believe that Miapimoquitch had pitch accent? > Is it my > non-IPA usage of acute and grave? If so, they are meant to > mark > primary and secondary stress, respectively, and not pitch > levels.
It were the grave and acute accents that lead me to this assumption, yes. I'm used to ' and , to mark stress (or in XS " and %). Carsten