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Re: *Another* natlang question (this one is short)

From:D Tse <exponent@...>
Date:Thursday, July 12, 2001, 12:01
On Thu, 12 Jul 2001 08:00:40 -0400, D Tse <exponent@...> wrote:

>>> >>> Exactly like for two-syllable words: regular stress (ie without accent >mark) is >>> on: >>> - the penultimate for words that end with a vowel, n or s, >>> - the last syllable for words that end with a consonnant other than n or >s. >> >>One more rule: words ending in -mente are stressed as if the -mente were >>a separate word (which historically it was). >> > >Ahh, right. I read about that in an aged layman's linguistics book >called "The Loom of Language"... > >Imperative
That's (aged (layman's linguistics book)) not (aged layman's (linguistics book)).