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Lithuanian pitch accent

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chucknorrisman
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15 April 2010 at 6:37pm | IP Logged 
In Lithuanian there are 4 pitch accent paradigms. So far I've understood the paradigms 1 and 2 without much difficulty from the book Beginner's Lithuanian, but I have no idea what 3 and 4 means at all. Could someone explain the paradigms 3 and 4 in an easy manner? Thank you.
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Cabaire
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18 April 2010 at 12:15am | IP Logged 
I know only of three different pitch accent types:

a) the acute (long vowel emphasized on its beginning) à la vyras
b) the tilde (long vowel emphasized toward the end) à la geras
c) the grave (short stressed vowel) à la laiku

What's the fourth?

Edited by Cabaire on 18 April 2010 at 12:16am

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18 April 2010 at 3:29pm | IP Logged 
I think you'll find your answers, including the 4th group, here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lithuanian_accentuation


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