Two Kinds of Vowels, Two Kinds of Rhythm |
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accentual rhythm achromatic lens adjective backshift Bolinger Boraxo branches CALIFORNIA/SANTA CRUZ UNIVERSITY CHUZ citation form clash compounds context contour separation contrast CRUZ The University cutoff point dactyls deaccented derived difference Dwight Bolinger English example extra accents extra length extrametricality final syllable full syllable full vowels given good-looking lifeguard gradable instances intonational Kenyon and Knott lables lengthening rule less lexical lexically stressed Library The University long syllable LP's major prominence Merriam Third metrical grid monobeats morphology notion noun occur option pattern phonetic phonological phrase pitch turn position predict primary pronunciation prosody reduced vowels rhythm rule rhythmic rightward Salvation SANTA CRUZ UNIVERSITY Schane second syllable secondary Selkirk semantic sentence sequence short syllables shwa smáshing speaker speech spelling strong structure successive accents suffix syllabic rhythm syllable containing tendency tion trochees University Library UNIVERSITY UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA/SANTA unstressed syllable verb versus weight