Secondary Stress in English Words
Author | : Nóra Wenszky |
Publisher | : Akademiai Kiado |
Total Pages | : 250 |
Release | : 2004 |
ISBN-10 | : 963058039X |
ISBN-13 | : 9789630580397 |
Rating | : 4/5 (397 Downloads) |
Download or read book Secondary Stress in English Words written by Nóra Wenszky and published by Akademiai Kiado. This book was released on 2004 with total page 250 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This text is the author's dissertation; the institution and year of completion are not given. Wensky's study examines secondary stress in English words with an aim of discovering the principles regulating secondary stress placement. She examines previous stress theories and analyzes a corpus of some 1000 words and all their variants along the lines of Burzio (1994), whose stress theory she modifies as a result of her analysis. A list of all analyzed items is provided at the end of the text. No subject index. Distributed in the U.S. by ISBS. Annotation & 2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com).