UD Phonology Lab Stress Pattern Database
Options
|
Top Primary stress Secondary stress syllables phonotactics notes sources tail fsa head fsa Stress Pattern Generator
Arabic, Negev Bedouin
Ethnologue code(s):This language has a quantity-sensitive bounded stress system.
Primary stress pattern
SPC: 1@w3/23@sR
In words of three or more syllables, primary stress falls on the final syllable if it is superheavy, else on the penultimate syllable if it has secondary stress, else on the antepenultimate syllable if it has secondary stress.
SPC: 12/1R
In words of two or fewer syllables, primary stress falls on the final syllable if it is heavy, else on the penultimate syllable if it is heavy, else on the final syllable.
Secondary stress pattern
SPC: i(H',LX')L (invisible)
In words of three or more syllables, secondary stress falls on all heavy syllables. In sequences of light syllables, secondary stress falls on the even numbered syllables, counting from the left edge of the sequence. This pattern is used only for the sake of defining main stress. Secondary stress is absent on the surface.
SPC: None
In words of two or fewer syllables, there is no secondary stress. This is deliberately ambiguous between "none reported" in a source and "verifiably none".
Syllable Weight Hierarchy
| W0 | W1 | W2 | W3 | W4 |
| V | VX | VXC |
Relevant phonotactics
As far as we know, there is no relevant phonotactic information for this language.
Notes
- 4R is optional in HLLH, HLLL forms - Stress on the preantepenultimate syllable is optional in forms of the shape HLLH and HLLL.
- Lexical exceptions exist - Lexical exceptions to the stress patterns exist.
- Feet=(LH), (LL') or (H), from left
- Language name is not in the Ethnologue language index.
Sources
- Bailey, Todd M. 1995. Nonmetrical Constraints on Stress. Doctoral dissertation, Univerisity of Minnesota. Ann Arbor, MI: UMI.
- Hayes, Bruce. 1995. Metrical stress theory: Principles and case studies. Chicago: University of Chicago Press.
- Blanc, Haim. 1970. The Arabic Dialect of the Negev Bedouins. Proceedings of the Israeli Academy of Sciences and Humanities 4.7, pp. 112-150.
- Kenstowicz. 1981. The Metrical Structure of Arabic Accent. Paper delivered at the UCLA-USC conference on Nonlinear Phonology, LakeArrowhead, Calif.
- Kenstowicz, Michael. 1983. Parametric Variation and Accent in the Arabic Dialects. Chicago Linguistic Society 19, 205-213.
Finite State Acceptors - Arabic_Negev_Bedouin Pattern
The format for the acceptors below is start states, final states, and transitions.
The labels indicate the syllable weight and level of stress.
For example, w0.s2 means a syllable of weight 0 with primary stress; w1.s1 means a
syllable of weight 1 with secondary stress and so on.
The Tail Canonical Acceptor
| states | transitions | initial | final |
| 10 | 35 | 1 | 4 |
This acceptor is 1-1 neighborhood-distinct.
|
0 0,1,w1.s2 0,1,w2.s2 0,3,w1.s0 0,3,w2.s0 0,8,w0.s2 0,9,w0.s0 1,2,w0.s0 2,8,w0.s0 2,8,w1.s0 3,4,w1.s2 3,4,w2.s2 3,5,w1.s0 3,5,w2.s0 3,7,w0.s0 4,2,w0.s0 4,8,w1.s0 5,4,w2.s2 5,5,w1.s0 5,5,w2.s0 5,6,w1.s2 5,7,w0.s0 6,2,w0.s0 6,8,w1.s0 7,4,w2.s2 7,5,w0.s0 7,5,w1.s0 7,5,w2.s0 7,6,w0.s2 7,6,w1.s2 9,4,w0.s2 9,4,w1.s2 9,4,w2.s2 9,5,w0.s0 9,5,w1.s0 9,5,w2.s0 1,2,4,8 |
|
The Head Canonical Acceptor
| states | transitions | initial | final |
| 11 | 30 | 5 | 1 |
This acceptor is 1-1 neighborhood-distinct.
|
0,1,7,8,9 0,7,w0.s0 0,8,w0.s0 0,8,w1.s0 0,8,w2.s0 1,2,w0.s0 10,5,w1.s2 10,5,w2.s2 2,1,w0.s0 2,3,w0.s2 2,5,w0.s2 2,6,w0.s2 3,4,w0.s0 5,4,w1.s0 6,3,w0.s0 6,5,w0.s0 7,4,w0.s2 8,4,w1.s2 9,1,w1.s0 9,1,w2.s0 9,10,w0.s0 9,10,w1.s0 9,10,w2.s0 9,3,w1.s2 9,3,w2.s2 9,4,w2.s2 9,6,w1.s2 9,6,w2.s2 9,9,w0.s0 9,9,w1.s0 9,9,w2.s0 4 |
|
Stress Pattern Generator
In order to use the Stress Pattern Generator, use numbers between 0 and 2 delimited by spaces in the box below. These numbers represent syllables in a word. The number corresponds to the weight of the syllable, 0 being the lightest, and 2 being the heaviest. When the "Find Stress" Button is clicked, a new page will open with the stresses for the word indicated.
Example input:
A three syllable word in a language with weight of 2 and the heaviest syllable being the middle would be represented as "0 1 0".
Generate all patterns
Warning: Since this is a QS language, there may be a large number of words, and the page may take some time to load.