23.4965, Qs: Syllabic Stress Violations

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Subject: 23.4965, Qs: Syllabic Stress Violations

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Date: Wed, 28 Nov 2012 12:25:01
From: Mark Seidenberg [seidenberg at wisc.edu]
Subject: Syllabic Stress Violations

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There is a familiar alternation in English such that a disyllabic word with
weak-strong syllabic stress is a verb and the strong-weak pattern is a noun
(e.g., PERMIT, CONSORT, ARRAY etc.).  There are exceptions to this pattern,
e.g., RELEASE for which both noun and verb are WS, and many others.  My
question is whether the standard pattern ever perfectly reverses:  a word for
which the WS form is the noun and the SW is the verb.  I am not aware of any.

Although the query is about a narrow corner of English, there is some broader
interest in the extent to which languages tolerate deviations from
rules/central tendencies.  If this kind of reversal does not occur in the
above case, is it attested in other languages or components of language?

Apologies in advance if the question is a linguistically naive one covered in
the first chapter of someone's textbook (though the reference would be
appreciated nonetheless!).
 

Linguistic Field(s): Phonology

Subject Language(s): English (eng)






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