--- Nik Taylor <yonjuuni@...> wrote:
> 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"?
Yes. THat's why I said what I said.
> "Secondary stress" is a conventional concept.
How many levels are "conventional"?
Padraic.
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raps il tenós mathin la ngouerma;
mays comez le nces il luchets le secund.
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