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8. Wordstress in West-Germanic and North-Germanic languages

Wim Zonneveld , Mieke Trommelen , Michael Jessen , Gösta Bruce and Kristján Árnason

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4 Word Prosodic Systems in the Languages of Europe

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Chapters in this book

Frontmatter I
Contents XIII
Part I – Thematic Chapters
1. Word accent 3
2. Stress domains 117
3. The rhythmic organization of compounds and phrases 161
4. Word prosody and intonation 233
5. The phonetic manifestation of word stress 273
6. Diachronic prosody 335
Part II – Case Studies
7. A survey of word prosodic systems of European languages 425
8. Wordstress in West-Germanic and North-Germanic languages 477
9. Word tone in Germanic languages 605
10. Stress in the Romance languages 659
11. Slavic languages 813
12. Baltic languages 877
13. Greek word accent 897
14. Basque accentuation 947
15. Caucasian: Daghestanian languages 995
Backmatter 1021

https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110197082.2.477

Chapters in this book

Frontmatter I
Contents XIII
Part I – Thematic Chapters
1. Word accent 3
2. Stress domains 117
3. The rhythmic organization of compounds and phrases 161
4. Word prosody and intonation 233
5. The phonetic manifestation of word stress 273
6. Diachronic prosody 335
Part II – Case Studies
7. A survey of word prosodic systems of European languages 425
8. Wordstress in West-Germanic and North-Germanic languages 477
9. Word tone in Germanic languages 605
10. Stress in the Romance languages 659
11. Slavic languages 813
12. Baltic languages 877
13. Greek word accent 897
14. Basque accentuation 947
15. Caucasian: Daghestanian languages 995
Backmatter 1021

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