CV : 'house' CV: : 'for one to sit' CVC : 'to the house' CV:C : 'stay, remain sitting!' CVCC : 'several each to grind with mortar and pestle' CV:CC : 'stretch' CV:CV : 'wild wheat, any grain' CV:CV: : 'look, search for something or someone' CV:CVCC : 'to massage, press certain part of body with feet' CV:CV:CC : 'maggots to move around on something; many blackbirds to be in a field' Vowels do not occur in sequence (VV) within a syllable, nor across syllable boundaries. Sequences of two or more consonants within a syllable only occur at the end of a syllable, not initially. For example, , 'knock something (as acorns, fruit) off something (as tree)', shows a two consonant cluster in word-final position. Across syllable boundaries in the middle of a word, it is common for there to be two-consonant sequences without restrictions, except that unaspirated stops, voiced stops, voiceless nasals, voiceless semi-vowels, and don't occur syllable-finally. Stress All roots carry primary stress. Most words begin with a two-syllable sequence of the sort, CV:CV (with primary stress on the V). The roots of polysyllabic words cannot always be isolated in this language, making it impossible to predict where the primary stress is going to fall solely on the type of morpheme. However, primary stress does occur on the second syllable of most words, including the words in which the roots cannot be isolated. The weakest degree of stress falls on a syllable following a primarily or secondarily stressed syllable, and alternates on the following syllables. The syllables following the primarily stressed syllable alternates with every second syllable being slightly louder than the preceding unstressed syllable, but not as loud as the primarily or secondarily stressed syllable. Secondary stress occurs when a word contains two or more primary stressed syllables, in which case all but one primary stress is reduced to secondary. There are exceptions in certain syllables that are always secondarily stressed, regardless of the alternating pattern of lightly and heavily stressed syllables following the primarily stressed syllable. This type of secondary stress is included as part of the morpheme. Suffixes that have this type of stress include 'plural habitual', and 'sentence connective'. Phonological Processes Here are some examples of phonologically conditioned variation within the Eastern Pomo language involving one of the three processes: vowel harmony, consonant ablaut, or consonant and vowel deletion. Vowel Harmony: This process affects