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... 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 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 ...
Page 197
... stress the stress is never shifted unless the second syllable is long . Of the four Irish words listed above two ( garsún , crónán ) meet this quali- fication , and both would be stressed on the second syllable in Munster Irish and Manx ...
... stress the stress is never shifted unless the second syllable is long . Of the four Irish words listed above two ( garsún , crónán ) meet this quali- fication , and both would be stressed on the second syllable in Munster Irish and Manx ...
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THE HISTORICAL BACKGROUND | 9 |
DESCRIPTION OF THE TEXTS TEXTS | 31 |
Captain Thomas Stukeley 15961605 | 77 |
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