By definition, the prehead contains no stressed syllables, but occasionally, prehead may include a syllable that is lexically stressed but that the speaker chooses not to stress.
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- Rhythm in English speech is based on stress. A rhythm unit is formed by a stressed syllable, together with unstressed syllables which may come before that stress and/or after it.
- What's the rhythmic pattern of English?Rhythm in English speech is based on stress. A rhythm unit is formed by a stressed syllable, together with unstressed syllables which may come before that stress and/or after it.
- A rhythm group contains more than one stressed syllable, together with unstressed syllables clustering about it or none.
- A simple head is one that contains only one stressed syllable, while a complex heads contains two or more stressed syllables.
- The syllable is the stressed syllable in the word “police”.