Padraic Brown wrote:
> I tend to get "WAter COOler"; "BASketball COURT"; etc.
> The stresses aren't _equal_ in force; but both
> elements are stressed.
Is the lesser stress greater than the secondary stress in a word like
"telephonic" or "perfectionistic"?
> I probably divide the spectrum
> of stress in an unconventional way, with levels of
> half stress beyond the simple stressed/unstressed
> dichotomy.
"Secondary stress" is a conventional concept.
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