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sentence stress

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sentence stress
n.
The variation in emphasis or vocal stress on the syllables of words within a sentence.
sentence stress
n
(Linguistics) the stress given to a word or words in a sentence, often conveying nuances of meaning or emphasis
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Noun1.sentence stress - the distribution of stresses within a sentence
stress, accent, emphasis - the relative prominence of a syllable or musical note (especially with regard to stress or pitch); "he put the stress on the wrong syllable"
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PRZEMYSLAW TAJSNER Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznan (1) The use of bold type on the final words in (1)-(3) indicates the application of nuclear sentence stress for rendering non-exhaustive end-focus.
Inverse binding and the status of the Spec. TP position in Polish by Tajsner, Przemyslaw / Studia Anglica Posnaniensia: international review of English Studies
All attested tokens ending in -lich(e) are placed in a sentence stressed position (10a), whereas, with the exception of but a few examples, the attested -ly forms do not assume a sentence stress (10b).
ME -Lich(e)l-ly. (1) by Ciszek, Ewa / Studia Anglica Posnaniensia: international review of English Studies
the object must have a status of "given" information: in Polish the relevant signals are: demonstrative pronoun preceding the noun, sentence initial position of the noun, absence of sentence stress on the noun (cf.
English resultant, affected and eventive objects in Polish grammar by Szwedek, Aleksander / Studia Anglica Posnaniensia: international review of English Studies
 
 
 
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