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In all words, primary stress occurs on the final syllable if it is superheavy, else on the penultimate syllable if it is superheavy, else on the penultimate syllable if it is heavy, else on the antepenultimate syllable if it is heavy, else on the antepenultimate syllable.


Burzio, Luigi. 1994. Principles of English Stress. Cambridge: Cambridge University 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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Hammond, Michael. 1999. The Phonology of English. Oxford University Press.
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Right, QS, trochaic if LL, right if HH, right EM (v1) theory: StressTyp Parameters

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