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word accent::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | word stress |
| Type of | accent, emphasis, stress |
Examples of word accent
word accent
I couldn't understand a word the traveller said, her Irish accent was so strong.
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At first, dependence on word accent was assumed, parallel to Verner's Law.
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Rendition of word accent is also often different from that of a native English speaker.
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The discrepancy is conditioned by the placement of the original Indo-European word accent.
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Although a schwa usually cannot have the word accent, or stress, in some dialects there are exceptions.
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The word accent is sometimes also used with this sense.
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Because of these phenomena, it is posited that Old Norse, particularly East Old Norse, had developed tonal word accent.
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There seems to be great debate over whether Plautus found favor in strong word accent or verse ictus, stress.
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If there is any connection, then, between word-accent and vowel-weakening, the accent in question cannot be that of Classical Latin.
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