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Direct linkKelly, Michael H. – Journal of Memory and Language, 2004
Theories of English phonology regard syllable onset patterns as irrelevant to the assignment of lexical stress. This paper describes three studies that challenge this position. Study 1 tested whether stress patterns on a large sample of disyllabic English words varied as a function of word onset. The incidence of trochaic stress increased…
Descriptors: English, Suprasegmentals, Language Patterns, Syllables
