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The following rules govern the marking of Themsarian pitch accent:
The following rules govern the marking of Themsarian pitch accent:
#The initial syllable is marked if it is the tonic syllable. If it is not, it is marked as "high".
#The initial syllable is marked if it is the tonic syllable. If it is not, it is marked as either high or low (unmarked).
#If the tonic syllable is non-initial, it is marked with an acute accent.
#If the tonic syllable is non-initial, it is marked with an acute accent.


If the downstep occurred word-finally, the first syllable of a following high tone word would have slightly lower pitch. In [[w:Pausa|pausa]], a word final high short syllable is realized as a falling, short vowel.
If the downstep occurred word-finally, the first syllable of a following high tone word would have slightly lower pitch. In [[w:Pausa|pausa]], a word final high short syllable is realized as a falling, short vowel.


Clitics, unmarked, phonologically behave as parts of the following word and inherit the tone of the following word. Preceding a word with high lexical tone, the clitic is marked as high.
Clitics, unmarked, phonologically behave as parts of the following word and inherit the tone of the following word.


===Stress===
===Stress===