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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Most grammars of classical nahuatl accept that
stress accent fall on the</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>penultimate vowel, althought this is not the case
in modern dialects.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>My questions are:</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>1) if locative suffix -co shifts stress one
syllabe like in:</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>te:'ocal- > teocal + co >
teo'calco</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>the form tepe:c (< tepe:- + co) form ancient:
*te'pe:co is pronounced</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>"'tepe:c" or "te'pec:(o) >
"te'pe:c".</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>2) can reasonabily reconstructed the accent pattern
of classical nahuatl,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>that is, is believable that stress fall always in
penultimate syllabe?</FONT></DIV>
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