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===Stress=== | ===Stress=== | ||
Most Brittainese words can receive both primary and secondary stress. Only a few words receive no stress, such as articles, clitics, prepositions e.t.c. The primary stress is phonemic, but is most often given to the last full syllable. In that case, a secondary stress is given to the first vowel. Some words however have their stress on another vowel than the last full. In addition to the secondary stress on the first syllable, they also receive a secondary stress on the last vowel. | Most Brittainese words can receive both primary and secondary stress. Only a few words receive no stress, such as articles, clitics, prepositions e.t.c. The primary stress is phonemic, but is most often given to the last full syllable. In that case, a secondary stress is given to the first vowel (unless it is in an adjacentsyllable to that of the stressed vowel). Some words however have their stress on another vowel than the last full. In addition to the secondary stress on the first syllable, they also receive a secondary stress on the last vowel (unless it is in an adjacentsyllable to that of the stressed vowel). | ||
Compound words created from two or more words keep their original secondary stress, but the primary stress of all words but the last are converted to secondary stress, leaving only one vowel with primary stress. | Compound words created from two or more words keep their original secondary stress, but the primary stress of all words but the last are converted to secondary stress, leaving only one vowel with primary stress. | ||
==Grammar== | ==Grammar== | ||
Brittainese grammar has evolved greatly from that of Latin, and is much more similar to that of the various modern [w:Romance_languages|Romance languages], especially [w:French_language|French] and the Chanel languages. | |||
Brittainese is a moderately [w:inflection|inflected] language. [w:adjective|Adjectives] and some [w:pronoun|pronouns] are inflected for [w:Grammatical_number|number] (singular and plural); [w:Noun|nouns], [w:personal_pronoun|personal pronouns] and some pronouns are inflected for [w:grammatical_person|person], [w:grammatical_gender|gender],number and [w:grammatical_case|case]; | |||
==Syntax== | ==Syntax== | ||