Re: "Double stressed" words

Roberto Suarez Soto scripsit:

>         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.

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.

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