From: decaen AT chass.utoronto.ca (Vincent DeCaen)
To: b-hebrew AT franklin.oit.unc.edu
Cc: ane AT oi.uchicago.edu
Subject: tiberian stress shifting
Date: Tue, 23 Oct 2001 09:26:39 -0400 (EDT)
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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tiberian stress shifting,
Vincent DeCaen, 10/23/2001