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Demystifying word stress

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  17 October 2008

David S. Taylor
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Abstract

An account of syllabic stress in English words which emphasizes the regularity of many patterns of word stress

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English Today , Volume 12 , Issue 4 , October 1996, pp. 46 - 52
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1996

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