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Chapter 4 - English Stress

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 June 2022

John T. Jensen
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University of Ottawa
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The parametric approach to stress includes parameters (1) quantity sensitivity, (2) maximally binary or unbounded feet, (3) left or right branching and left or right strong, (4) direction of stress-tree construction, and (5) the word tree as left or right branching, Exemplification of this approach in Maranungku, Latvian, Warao, Eastern Cheemis, and Latin. Application to English as quantity sensitive with maximally binary feet that are left branching and left strong constructed from right to left with a right-branching word tree. It is necessary to allow some segments and syllables to be extrametrical prior to the application of the rules. Destressing rules are also required, with a convention of stray syllable adjunction. Most stress rules apply cyclically on stratum 1 of the phonology, with some noncyclic on stratum 2. Exceptions are to be accounted for by marking some items exceptions to certain rules; there is no need to assume stress in underlying representations.

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The Lexical and Metrical Phonology of English
The Legacy of the Sound Pattern of English
, pp. 125 - 183
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2022

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  • English Stress
  • John T. Jensen, University of Ottawa
  • Book: The Lexical and Metrical Phonology of English
  • Online publication: 18 June 2022
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108889131.005
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  • John T. Jensen, University of Ottawa
  • Book: The Lexical and Metrical Phonology of English
  • Online publication: 18 June 2022
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108889131.005
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  • English Stress
  • John T. Jensen, University of Ottawa
  • Book: The Lexical and Metrical Phonology of English
  • Online publication: 18 June 2022
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108889131.005
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