Biblical Hebrew Forum

[decaen AT chass.utoronto.ca (Vincent DeCaen)]

dear tiberiophiles,

it was pointed out that all stress shifting in tiberian readings conspires 
to place stress on the right-most surface-open syllable. (notice that the 
generalization runs from pausal to contextual forms: there is no single 
generalization, that i know of, that runs the other way.)

is that in fact true? i can't think of any counterexamples.

if so, does that not cry out for a constraint-based approach to tiberian 
phonology?

V-- 
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Dr Vincent DeCaen     <decaen AT chass.utoronto.ca>
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