| GLOSSARY ENTRY (DERIVED FROM QUESTION BELOW) | | Portuguese term or phrase: | acento lexical | | English translation: | lexical stress | | Entered by: | Matt Coler |
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Science - Linguistics / phonology | | Portuguese term or phrase: acento lexical | Os dados apresentados abaixo demonstram um padrão nucleado à esquerda quando há mais de um acento lexical por palavra
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pode-se dar conta do acento lexical em Mamaindê pela combinação das teorias métrica e lexical
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Quando há mais de um acento lexical na palavra o acento mais proeminente será o da raiz
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Lexical stress OR lexical accent
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| | lexical stress | Explanation:
Much more common than "lexical accent".
On top of that, the Webster's dic. defines accent as:
a mark indicating stress (as Æ, Å, or ö, ÷, or ¢, ²), vowel quality (as French grave `, acute ´, circumflex ^), form (as French la “the” versus là “there”), or pitch. |
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Henrique Serra
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Local time: 16:56
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| lexical stress
Explanation:
Much more common than "lexical accent".
On top of that, the Webster's dic. defines accent as:
a mark indicating stress (as Æ, Å, or ö, ÷, or ¢, ²), vowel quality (as French grave `, acute ´, circumflex ^), form (as French la “the” versus là “there”), or pitch.
| Henrique Serra
Brazil
Local time: 16:56
Native speaker of:  Portuguese
PRO pts in category: 32
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| | Grading comment | Thanks! I suppose it is best. |
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Asker: Sure, it may be statistically more common, but is it the correct answer? Tricky! Though to be honest, I'm learning towards your direction...
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