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... syllable from the end of words or close - knit phrases : nä ' hiyaw : a Cree ; nähi ' yawak : Crees ; iskwä'w ana ... syllable ... A high tone , sometimes confused with stress by English speakers , then occurs on the third - last ...
... syllable from the end of words or close - knit phrases : nä ' hiyaw : a Cree ; nähi ' yawak : Crees ; iskwä'w ana ... syllable ... A high tone , sometimes confused with stress by English speakers , then occurs on the third - last ...
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On three - syllable nouns , the pitch fall is again positioned on the pen- ultimate syllable , and the antepenultimate syllable has a rising pitch . ( 15 ) ma k- ~ maht ôta kita - pîhtikwêw wîhtikow ... ... ma k ~ mahti ôta NEG 6 kita ...
On three - syllable nouns , the pitch fall is again positioned on the pen- ultimate syllable , and the antepenultimate syllable has a rising pitch . ( 15 ) ma k- ~ maht ôta kita - pîhtikwêw wîhtikow ... ... ma k ~ mahti ôta NEG 6 kita ...
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... syllable of the nominal , which is now the penultimate syllable in the word . Two - syllable nouns that have an added one - syllable suffix behave like bare three - syllable nouns in terms of prominence assignment . ( 17 ) .. nâpêwak ...
... syllable of the nominal , which is now the penultimate syllable in the word . Two - syllable nouns that have an added one - syllable suffix behave like bare three - syllable nouns in terms of prominence assignment . ( 17 ) .. nâpêwak ...
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