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Acknowledgements
Map

Introduction

1.1 Setting
1.2 Linguistic classification
1.3 Purpose
1.4 Source of data
1.5 Limitations
1.6 Overview

The Mamaindé Syllable

2.1 Syllable structure
2.2 Syllable weight
2.3 Licensing theory
2.4-2.6 Licensing in Mamaindé
2.4 The primary licenser
2.5 The secondary licenser—coda
2.6 The secondary licenser—appendix
2.7 The completed Mamaindé syllable
2.8 Syllabification

The Data and the Problem

3.1 The phonetics of Mamaindé stress
3.2 Basis of stress
3.3 The data
3.4-3.7 The Problem
3.4 1. Unpredictable word level stress
3.5 2. Unstressed heavy syllables
3.6 3. Light syllables which receive stress
3.7 4. Lengthened vowels in underlying forms
3.8 Methodology
3.9 Theory power

A Previous Solution

4.1 Levels of stress
4.2 Application of Kingston’s stress rules
4.3 Problems with the morphological stress rules
4.4 Quantity sensitivity
4.5 Syllable position

An Overview of Metrical Phonology

5.1 Arboreal theory
5.2 Grid theory

A Metrical Analysis of Mamaindé Stress

An Overview of Lexical Phonology

A Lexical Analysis of Mamaindé Stress

8.1 The lexical strata
8.2-8.3 The Lexical Rules
8.2 Rules of the lexical component
8.3 Rules of the postlexical component

Derivations

Metrical Trees versus Metrical Grids

10.1 Practical considerations
10.2 Theoretical implications

Well-Formedness Statements

Appendix: A Comparative Study of Indigenous Brazilian Stress Systems
References