Chelsian: Difference between revisions

===Prosody===

====Stress====

Stress may be on any of the last three syllables of a word.  

Generally:

*Stress is on the last syllable of the stem if it is heavy (meaning that it is closed and/or it contains a long vowel or diphthong).  

*Otherwise, stress is on the second last syllable of the stem.

*If the above rules would cause stress to fall before the third last syllable of the word, the stress is shifted forward to the third last syllable.

Note that Class 3 nouns ending in ''-ō'' in the nominative singular may seem to be inconsistent in this regard, since the ''-ō'' is stressed in some words (e.g. ''fōrmācō'' /foːrmaːˈtsoː/ "creation") and unstressed in others (e.g. ''vomō'' /ˈʋɔmoː/ "man, person"). However, these in fact follow the rule, as explained below:

*When the final ''-ō-'' is maintained in inflected forms, it is considered to be part of the stem and is therefore stressed. For example, the accusative of ''fōrmācō'' is ''fōrmācōnę''

**''vom(in)-'' + '''''-ō''''' > ''vóm<b>ō</b>''

**''fōrmācō(n)-'' + '''''-ō''''' > *''fōrmācṓ<b>ō</b>'' > ''fōrmācṓ''

====Intonation====