Series |
Eurasian Studies
Edited book | Time in East Asian Endangered Languages
Chapter | Metrical Stress in Kaxabu Revisited: A Corpus-Based Approach
Metrical Stress in Kaxabu Revisited: A Corpus-Based Approach
Abstract
This paper examines the metrical stress patterns in Kaxabu, a Formosan language spoken in Nantou County, Central Taiwan. The study uses a corpus-based approach, analysing more than 3,000 entries to identify the prosodic patterns of the language based on the number of syllables in a phonological word. The results reveal that final stress is prominent in both disyllabic and trisyllabic words in Kaxabu. The paper not only provides an overview of the general distribution of stress in the language but also discusses irregularities in the corpus that arise from factors such as initial heavy syllables, affixation, or internal structure.
Submitted: March 4, 2024 | Accepted: June 10, 2024 | Published Feb. 20, 2025 | Language: en
Keywords Metrical stress • Final stress • Kaxabu • Internal structure • Corpus • Affixation
Copyright © 2025 Lin Chih-Kai. This is an open-access work distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction is permitted, provided that the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. The license allows for commercial use. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.
Permalink http://doi.org/10.30687/978-88-6969-913-9/010
