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This paper examines the interaction between tone and stress in Optimality Theory. The author proposes that there is a tonal prominence scale where higher tones are more prominent than lower tones. Constraints are formulated based on this scale that prefer higher tones on prosodic heads and lower tones on non-heads. The author uses these constraints to analyze the tone-driven stress system in Ayutla Mixtec, where stress placement is influenced by both a syllable

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-HUMAN

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