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The pronunciation of ordinary speech in English is marked by patterns of stressed and unstressed syllables. One syllable in words of two or three syllables will be relatively stressed and the others unstressed
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© 1996 Dennis Freeborn
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Freeborn, D. (1996). Rhyme, rhythm and sound I — patterns of stress and rhythm. In: Style. Studies in English Language. Palgrave, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-24710-3_12
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