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Unit 8. The Accentual Structure of English Words
Closely connected with the syllabic structure of words is their accentual structure, because it is the syllable that bears what is known as word-stress or word accent. Every disyllabic and polysyllabic word pronounced in isolation has word-stress. Word accent in a disyllabic or polysyllabic word may be defined as a singling out of one or more of its syllables by giving them a greater degree of prominence as compared with the other syllable or syllables in the same word.
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