English After RP by Geoff Lindsey

English After RP by Geoff Lindsey

Author:Geoff Lindsey
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9783030043575
Publisher: Springer International Publishing


Part IV

Stress

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Geoff LindseyEnglish After RPhttps://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-04357-5_24

Chapter 23 The Love of Alternating Stress

Geoff Lindsey1

(1)Linguistics, University College London, London, UK

Geoff Lindsey

Keywords

StressAlternating stressShakespeareWeak syllables

In Brief

RP was relatively tolerant of words with sequences of weak syllables, such as applicable and hospitable, which were stressed on the first syllable. A number of these words are now heard with shifted stress, reducing the number of successive weak syllables.



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