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| − | Stress | + | Stress refers to the prominence of certain syllables relative to others in terms of loudness, length and pitch. |
| + | Stress in Gaelic is almost always on the initial (first) syllable of a word. | ||
==See Also== | ==See Also== | ||
| − | [[Stress]] | + | *[[Stress]] |
| + | *[[Prosody (definition)]] | ||
==External Links== | ==External Links== | ||
*http://akerbeltz.org/index.php?title=Unstressed_vowels | *http://akerbeltz.org/index.php?title=Unstressed_vowels | ||
| + | The link below takes you away from the Gaelic Wiki to Wikipedia. Since wikipedia pages can be edited by anyone, they often contain inaccurate information. So be careful! | ||
*http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stress_(linguistics) | *http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stress_(linguistics) | ||
==References== | ==References== | ||
| + | *Ladefoged, D. (2010) ''A Course in Phonetics''. 6th Edition. Wadsworth Publishing. | ||
[[Category:Technical Definitions]] | [[Category:Technical Definitions]] | ||
[[Category:Phonology]] | [[Category:Phonology]] | ||
[[Category:Phonetics]] | [[Category:Phonetics]] | ||
Revision as of 13:02, 16 June 2012
Stress refers to the prominence of certain syllables relative to others in terms of loudness, length and pitch. Stress in Gaelic is almost always on the initial (first) syllable of a word.
See Also
External Links
The link below takes you away from the Gaelic Wiki to Wikipedia. Since wikipedia pages can be edited by anyone, they often contain inaccurate information. So be careful!
References
- Ladefoged, D. (2010) A Course in Phonetics. 6th Edition. Wadsworth Publishing.
