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

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)).