Re: "Double stressed" words

Hello,

> >         I think I've seen something alike to this in Tolkien's work
> > (IIRC, "Númenórean"). Anyway, does it make sense? Is this
> another case
> > of anawedism?
>
> Multiple levels of stress are fairly common, especially in
> languages like English
> or Russian that have heavy vowel reduction.  Secondary stress
> goes with lack of vowel reduction.
In Quenya anyway, we have the primary stress, the secondary stress on
first syllables unless short and immediately preceding the main stressed
sylables, and in dactylic word endings, secondary stress on the ultima
(vide RGEO).

> BTW, in Tolkien languages the acute marks vowel length, not
> stress at all.
> Stress is set by the rules of Latin: on the penultimate
> syllable if that is
> heavy, either by having a long vowel or by having a coda
> consonant; otherwise
> on the antepenultimate syllable.
Yes, but there is no _muta cum liquida_ rule.

Pavel
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