Chelsian: Difference between revisions
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*Stress is on the last syllable of the stem if it is heavy (meaning that it is closed and/or it contains a long vowel or diphthong). | *Stress is on the last syllable of the stem if it is heavy (meaning that it is closed and/or it contains a long vowel or diphthong). Here, stem refers to the word stripped of inflectional suffixes. | ||
*Otherwise, stress is on the second last syllable of the stem. | *Otherwise, stress is on the second last syllable of the stem. | ||
*If the above rules would cause stress to fall before the third last syllable of the word, the stress is shifted forward to the third last syllable. | *If the above rules would cause stress to fall before the third last syllable of the word, the stress is shifted forward to the third last syllable. | ||