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NORWEGIAN SOUNDS.

135. The monosyllabic accent begins in a very low tone and ascends to a somewhat higher pitch, about a third or a fourth. This somewhat higher pitch is the regular base of the voice.

136. The dissyllabic accent begins in a strong medium tone, descends about a third and ascends in the weak final syllable again about a fourth.

[135. From professor Johan Storm's “Englische Philologie” are taken the following “tunes” of words with monosyllabic and dissyllabic accent. As many originally monosyllabic words in the present language have two syllables, there will among the words with monosyllabic accent be found many dissyllables.

Eastern Norway (Christiania).

I. Monosyllabic accent.

${ \override Score.TimeSignature #'stencil = ##f \time 3/4\clef bass\relative c{g4$c8$a4$c8$\bar "||"g4b8c\bar "|"}}$

jā. sō’-lən. or jā sō’lən. b’-kə-nə.

II. Dissyllabic (compound) accent.

${ \override Score.TimeSignature #'stencil = ##f \time 5/4\clef bass\relative c{b4$g8$c4b$a8$c4\bar "||"b4g8\noBeam a8c8b4a8b8\noBeam c8}}$

mā̊’-nan or mā̊’nan. mæn’-nə-skə-nə or mæn’-nə-skə-nə.

Western Norway (Bergen).

I. Monosyllabic accent. II. Dissyllabic (compound) accent.

${ \override Score.TimeSignature #'stencil = ##f \time 5/8\clef bass\relative c{\partial 2b8g4$c8$\bar "||"d4f8g,$\noBeam c8$}}$

jāå sō’-lən. mā̊’-nən.

(ja yes, Solen the sun, Bögerne the books, Maanen the moon, Menneskene the human beings)].