Abstract
Chamic languages, which are part of the Austronesian language family, are generally known to bear lexical stress on final syllables [Thurgood, (2005)] but no instrumental studies of its prosodic features have been carried out. The current study seeks quantitative results to back up these impressionistic descriptions, and to examine how this language compares against the prosodic typology in June 2005. Syllable rimes of Western Cham, an understudied Chamic language, were measured for duration with respect to position of syllable within a phrase (initial, medial, final). The study shows that durations for final syllables were significantly longer, and that unstressed syllables are reduced in all positions. Preliminary results show that durations and pitch excursions of syllable rimes do not differ markedly with respect to phrasal position. Interactions of pitch and duration at lexical and postlexical levels will also be discussed.
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