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A New Account of Brazilian Portuguese Word Stress. LACUS FORUM, Journal of the Linguistic Association of Canada and the United States, 42:1.52-59 (2023)

Vanessa Meireles

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In this paper, I propose a new account of Brazilian Portuguese (BP) stress in non-verbal words. The issue of word stress in BP has been addressed in various theoretical frameworks. A point of disagreement between phonologists is the relevance of syllable weight in word stress assignment. In this paper, I propose a new analysis of BP word stress assignment in the framework of CVCV phonology. The potential for empty syllabic positions in this theory enables us to generalize unmarked word stress in the non-verbal lexicon in BP (i.e., paroxytonic with light final syllables and oxytonic with heavy final syllables) – unmarked stress systematically falls on the penultimate vocalic position. All exceptions to this generalization must have word stress marked in the lexicon.

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hal-04240637 , version 1 (13-10-2023)

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Vanessa Meireles. A New Account of Brazilian Portuguese Word Stress. LACUS FORUM, Journal of the Linguistic Association of Canada and the United States, 42:1.52-59 (2023). 2023. ⟨hal-04240637⟩

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