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Multiple phonemic stress levels in Kinyambo*

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Lee S. Bickmore
Lee S. Bickmore
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University at Albany, State University of New York
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I have argued that a prohibition on multiple phonemic stress levels cannot be made to follow from (46a) and/or (46b), as neither are absolute principles cross-linguistically. I have also suggested that while (46c) may be a strong cross-linguistic tendency, it does not follow from any deeper theory-internal principles, but rather, must be stipulated. Thus, the claim that Kinyambo has multiple phonemic stress levels necessitates no substantive change in standard grid theory, but merely represents one member of the typology of cases inherently predicted by the basic tenets of the theory.

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Phonology , Volume 9 , Issue 2 , August 1992, pp. 155 - 198
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1992

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