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Re: USAGE: Stress in English

From:Mark J. Reed <markjreed@...>
Date:Wednesday, February 25, 2004, 17:03
On Wed, Feb 25, 2004 at 11:21:22AM -0500, Shreyas Sampat wrote:
> There are several interacting regularities, but I don't think you can > argue convincingly that stress is phonemic.
Sure I can. Here's a minimal pair: /'pr=.mIt/ (n) a document entitling someone to perform some task. /pr='mIt/ (v) to allow someone (to do something). -Mark

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