Re: THEORY: YAEPT: stress placement (Was: Re: THEORY: Xpositions in Ypositional langu...
| From: | Mark J. Reed <markjreed@...> |
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| Date: | Sunday, September 30, 2007, 0:10 |
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On 9/29/07, MorphemeAddict@wmconnect.com <MorphemeAddict@...> wrote:
\> un.doing@GMAIL.COM writes:
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> > even hybrid compounds like "automobile", whose
> > ultimate stress has always eluded me as to why -- IIRC the Latin was
> > 'mo:bilis.
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> Ultimate stress? As in final syllable? No way!
> It's 'automo,bile.
> Although I've heard it the other way, too.
I agree, it's usually 'automo,bile, outside of contexts where rhythm
requires a modification (o/~ Riding along in my automo'bile... o/~)
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Mark J. Reed <markjreed@...>