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Page 194
... STRESS §16 . As early as 1577 Stanihurst described a non - standard type of accentuation to be heard in Wexford ... stress falls on the first syllable of polysyllabic words in all varieties of Gaelic . In the Munster dialects , however ...
... STRESS §16 . As early as 1577 Stanihurst described a non - standard type of accentuation to be heard in Wexford ... stress falls on the first syllable of polysyllabic words in all varieties of Gaelic . In the Munster dialects , however ...
Page 195
... stress remains ; in Ulster Irish and in Scottish Gaelic the long vowel of an unstressed final syllable is shortened ... stress - systems . The stress is shifted to a long second syllable only if the first syllable too is long ; if the ...
... stress remains ; in Ulster Irish and in Scottish Gaelic the long vowel of an unstressed final syllable is shortened ... stress - systems . The stress is shifted to a long second syllable only if the first syllable too is long ; if the ...
Page 196
... stress occur in the passage from Purgatorium Hibernicum printed above , though there are some in other parts of the work ; but there are plentiful instances in the other two pieces . Postponed stress appears to occur also in Stukeley ...
... stress occur in the passage from Purgatorium Hibernicum printed above , though there are some in other parts of the work ; but there are plentiful instances in the other two pieces . Postponed stress appears to occur also in Stukeley ...
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