Study the accentual system of the languages shown below. For each system propose a formal analysis based on.
Your analysis will refer to the main parameters identified by Hayes (1995). These parameters can be combined
in a variety of ways (including some not seen in class).
A. Fidjien (Austronesian language) – 10 pts
lá ko ‘go’ bi ná ko ‘goo’
se ŋái ‘no’ ki lá: ‘knowledge’
nrè : nré : ‘difficult’ pa rài ma rí: ‘primairy’
ndài rè: ki tá: ‘director’ te rè ni sì si tá: ‘transisor’
pe rè si té ndi ‘president’
a. Syllable weight sensitive stress? Yes No
b. Type of foot?
c. Direction of construction of the feet?
d. Iterative ? Yes No
e. Final rule ? Left Right
f. Degenerate feet ? Yes No
g. Indicate directly on each example how the feet are constructed, using brackets ( )
h. Formulate, in no more than two sentences, a general description of your analysis.
B. Wargamay (Pama-Nyungan) – 10 pts
mú:ba ‘stone fish’ báda ‘dog’
gí:baɽa ‘fig tree’ gíɟawùlu ‘freshwater jewfish’
gagára ‘dilly bag’
ɟuɽágaj-mìri ‘Vale-from’
a. Syllable weight sensitive stress? Yes No
b. Type of foot?
c. Direction of construction of the feet?
d. Iterative ? Yes No
e. Final rule ? Left Right
f. Degenerate feet ? Yes No
g. Indicate directly on each example how the feet are constructed, using brackets ( )
h. Formulate, in no more than two sentences, a general description of your analysis.