Re: DISC: phonological system of Adain
| From: | John Cowan <jcowan@...> |
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| Date: | Friday, March 15, 2002, 4:09 |
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Dirk Elzinga scripsit:
> This explanation preserves my generalization, but at a cost.
I figured the explanation was going to be something like that.
Thanks for the details -- and I agree that outside these special
cases, one of the last three syllables will carry the stress.
Did you ever weigh in on the notion that default stress is
penultimate, such that neologisms typically get it?
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