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==Suprasegmentals== | ==Suprasegmentals== | ||
===Stress=== | ===Stress=== | ||
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|text='''Ata migu. A, eironia.''' | |||
|sign=Anathir t'Armavir | |||
|source=Descriptions of the language, p. 92 | |||
|about= '''One and two - oh, the irony''' is an Attian joke pronounced /atˈaˈŋiɡʊ <nowiki>|</nowiki>ɛ.ir.on.ˈi̩a/, by the Attian national grammarian Anathir t'Armavir. The joke illustrates how the stress in Attian always falls on the first or second syllable. However, in the words ''ata'', "first", and ''migu'', "and two", the stress ironically falls on the second and first syllables respectively. Even more ironic is the fact that the Greek loan word ''ironia'', "irony", is not stressed according to Attian rules. | |||
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Attian's system of lexical stress is different to that of for example English. Unlike [[w:English language#Stress|English]], Attian possesses a [[Attian#Stress|moraic stress system]] which similarly to [[w:Latin|Latin]] follows a [[w:dreimorengesetz|dreimorengesetz]], three-morae-rule, which in this case dictates that '''the third mora is always stressed'''. | Attian's system of lexical stress is different to that of for example English. Unlike [[w:English language#Stress|English]], Attian possesses a [[Attian#Stress|moraic stress system]] which similarly to [[w:Latin|Latin]] follows a [[w:dreimorengesetz|dreimorengesetz]], three-morae-rule, which in this case dictates that '''the third mora is always stressed'''. | ||