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===Stress=== | ===Stress=== | ||
Default stress is initial; non-initial stress is marked with an acute accent on the vowel. | Default stress is initial; non-initial stress is marked with an acute accent on the vowel. | ||
===Intonation=== | |||
{{PAGENAME}} has a distinctive intonation paradigm. Within said paradigm, some accents can sound like Irish accents, while some accents sound more like Valspeak. | |||
*In declarative sentences, the stressed syllable of the focus word (if there is no focused constituent, the last word) has a lower pitch than the immediately preceding syllable. ("...mid ꜜ LOW mid...") This originates from discursive uptalk in older forms of {{PAGENAME}} which has since generalized to all declarative sentences. A few isolated accents do not use this pattern. | |||
*In interrogative sentences, the stressed syllable of the focus word has a higher pitch than the syllable immediately before. ("... mid ꜛ HIGH mid ... ?") | |||
*In exclamations, the pattern is "... mid ꜜ LOW-HIGH mid ... !", possibly with a gradual drop to low pitch in the end. Angry or indignant questions also use an exclamatory intonation. | |||
==Morphology== | ==Morphology== | ||