Re: [tied] Re: Franco-Provençal

2009/2/20 tgpedersen <tgpedersen@...>:

>
>> I doubt that. The sentence should exemplify the syllabic liquids, I
>> suppose. Try "strè prst skrz krk, plk' vlk, zhlt trs vrb, grg', prd',
>> zmlk'" ("put your finger through your throat, utter'd the wolf,
>> swallow'd the willow clump, gurked, farted and shut up") [str*c^ pr*st
>> skr*s kr*k pl*k vl*k, zHl*t tr*s vr*p, gr*k, pr*t, zml*k] (* =
>> syllabicity marker, H = voiced h). :-)
>>
> This one has puzzled me for years: where do you put the stress in
> Vltava (and in general: do initial syllabic /l/ and /r/ carry stress)?
>
> Torsten

Oh yes, they behave just like any other vowel. Hence, Vltava is
['vl*.ta.va]. At least in literary Czech - in some northern Moravian
varieties, the stress would be on [ta], of course.

Best wishes,

Petr