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Stress rules

LS and Lesson 1 give fairly complicated rules for determining where to stress a given word.  Why not just stress the classifier?

2. Although stress is not necessary, we will adopt the following convention for the sake of consistency:
   If a root contains at least one modifier, then the first vowel of
   the first modifier should be stressed. [Examples: BA-kav-o,
   li-JO-zip-i, TWA-cu-zum-i, li-la-KO-ke-tov-i]

   If a word contains at least one suffix, then the final vowel of the
   final suffix should be stressed. [Examples: fag-AP-a, bin-IMB-a,
   KE-dap-OG-e, BI-jeg-unz-ANG-yu]

   If a word contains neither a modifier nor a suffix, then the final
   vowel of the classifier should be stressed.  [Examples: CAL-a,
   FOM-o, li-KIG-i, li-law-BEG-i]

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