--- In conlang@yahoogroups.com, "Mark J. Reed" <markjreed@M...>
wrote:
> But if I'm not misremembering, that is not certain; there is
conflicting
> evidence with regard to the effect of -que on stress. In fact, I
> believe that if you reverse the phrase to "puellae puerique", then
there are
> actually three different possibly-correct placements of the
emphasis:
>
> 1. puéllae púerique (no effect)
> 2. puéllae puérique ("puerique" treated as single word)
No! The <i> is long, so as a single word, the stress has to be
pueríque.
> 3. puéllae pueríque (always stress the syllable
before -que)
>
> But as I said, I could be misremembering.
Richard.