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Stress (linguistics)

In linguistics, and particularly phonology, stress or accent is the relative emphasis or prominence given to a certain syllable in a word or to a certain word in a phrase or sentence. That emphasis is typically caused by such properties as increased loudness and vowel length, full articulation of the vowel, and changes in tone. The terms stress and…

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Entity .mw-parser-output .nobold{font-weight:normal}(decimal)
ˈ
IPA number
501
Unicode (hex)
U+02C8

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Phonetic realization

Word stress

Prosodic stress

Stress and vowel reduction

Stress and rhythm

Historical effects

Stress "deafness"

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Stress (linguistics)

Nodes147
Edges146
Triples17
Avg. degree1.99
Density0.013605
Components1

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Stress (linguistics)

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Entity .mw-parser-output .nobold{font-weight:normal}(decimal) · 1
Stress (linguistics) → ˈ
IPA number · 1
Stress (linguistics) → 501
Unicode (hex) · 1
Stress (linguistics) → U+02C8

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stress syllable word english stressed words accent languages vowel syllables example may used first acute position sometimes spanish prosodic language

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Stress (linguistics)Entity .mw-parser-output .nobold{font-weight:normal}(decimal)ˈ1.00infobox
Stress (linguistics)IPA number5011.00infobox
Stress (linguistics)Unicode (hex)U+02C81.00infobox
Germanic languagesinstance oflanguages0.80text
Romance languagesinstance oflanguages0.80text
the Eastinstance oflanguages0.80text
South Slavic languagesinstance oflanguages0.80text
Lithuanianinstance oflanguages0.80text
Greekinstance oflanguages0.80text
as well as othersinstance oflanguages0.80text
such as Northwest Caucasianinstance oflanguages0.80text
Turkic languagesinstance oflanguages0.80text

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