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===Prosody=== | ===Prosody=== | ||
Stress, ''stófð'', pitch accent and intonation are prosodic features of Dogrish phonology. Indistinct durational differences are also present and are dependent on the surrounding phonemes, but these are usually considered an integral part of the vowel phonemes rather than a distinct prosodic feature. | |||
====Stress==== | ====Stress==== | ||
====Stófð==== | |||
====Pitch accent==== | |||
Some words and some particular vowel combinations feature a pitch accent. | |||
Dogrish pitch accents always fall on a vowel or a diphthong. Vowels preceding the pitched vowel, if there are any, are pronounced with a low pitch and, depending on the variety of Dogrish, shortened. This is then followed by a syllable break, whereafter the pitched vowel is pronounced with a high pitch and, depending on the variety of Dogrish, lengthened to between 1.5 and 3 times the length of the low pitch vowel or vowels. Vowels following the pitched vowel, if there are any, are pronounced with a falling pitch at normal length. | |||
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|+ Examples of pitch accent | |||
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! Sófður !! Grönnkrístvís !! Höjæiöyer | |||
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| || Example || Example | |||
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| HꜜL || L-HꜜL || L-L-HꜜL | |||
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| "Soft" || A Dogric city. || "High hillside meadows" | |||
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====Intonation==== | ====Intonation==== | ||