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ReturnIn words of three or more syllables, primary stress falls on the initial syllable if it is heavy, else on the peninitial syllable if it is heavy, else on the peninitial syllable. In words of two or fewer syllables, primary stress falls on the initial syllable. In words of three or more syllables, secondary stress falls iteratively on every second syllable in both directions from the main stress. Secondary stress does not fall on the final syllable. In words of two or fewer syllables, there is no secondary stress.
- Davis. 1985. Ternary Feet reconsidered. Ms. Department of Linguistics, MIT, Cambridge, MA.
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- Halle, Morris and Jean-Roger Vergnaud. 1987. An Essay on Stress. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press.
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- Bailey, Todd M. 1995. Nonmetrical Constraints on Stress. Doctoral dissertation, Univerisity of Minnesota. Ann Arbor, MI: UMI.
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