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Nuclear Accent / Main Stress #528

Open nkalivoda opened 3 years ago

nkalivoda commented 3 years ago

An extension of issue #514, which makes each minimal φ (or more generally, recursive cat) either left- or right-headed: Provide option to mark exactly one head-terminal as the main head.

In #514, I gave this example:

LL: (ώ ω) (ώ ω) LR: (ώ ω) (ω ώ) RL: (ω ώ) (ώ ω) RR: (ω ώ) (ω ώ)

If the proposed option were selected, then we'd get:

L.LL: (ώ ω) (ώ ω) L.LR: (ώ ω) (ω ώ) L.RL: (ω ώ) (ώ ω) L.RR: (ω ώ) (ω ώ) R.LL: (ώ ω) (ώ ω) R.LR: (ώ ω) (ω ώ) R.RL: (ω ώ) (ώ ω) R.RR: (ω ώ) (ω ώ)

This will serve two purposes. When dealing with ω/φ, it can be interpreted as marking the nuclear pitch accent and/or main stress in the ι. When dealing with σ/Ft, it can be interpreted as primary stress.