Verse:Mwail/Old Gloob: Difference between revisions
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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 | #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 | Clitics, unmarked, phonologically behave as parts of the following word and inherit the tone of the following word. | ||
===Stress=== | ===Stress=== | ||