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ERIC Number: EJ418367
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1990
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ISSN: ISSN-0022-2267
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An Account of Old English Stress.
McCully, C. B.; Hogg, R. M.
Journal of Linguistics, v26 n2 p315-39 Sep 1990
An analysis of stress patterns in Old English, from the perspective of a framework based on lexicalist metrical phonology, indicates that there was a central Old English stress rule that operated from left-to-right, in contrast to to the central rule for present day English. (46 references) (Author/CB)
Descriptors: Language Patterns, Language Planning, Old English, Stress (Phonology), Syllables, Uncommonly Taught Languages
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Information Analyses
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Language: English
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