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Portuguese term or phrase:	acento lexical
English translation:	lexical stress
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12:48 Apr 13, 2007

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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

ETC

Lexical stress OR lexical accent
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Matt Coler KudoZ activity Questions: 1491 (6 open) (3 without valid answers) (15 closed without grading) Answers: 13 Netherlands
Local time: 01:48

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
Brazil
Local time: 21:48

Grading comment

Thanks! I suppose it is best.
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer

Summary of answers provided

word stress

Muriel Vasconcellos

lexical accent

SONIA VIEIRA

lexical stress

Henrique Serra

Answers

15 mins confidence:

lexical stress

Henrique Serra
Brazil
Local time: 21:48
Native speaker of:

Portuguese
PRO pts in category: 32

Grading comment

Thanks! I suppose it is best.

Notes to answerer

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...

26 mins confidence:

lexical accent

Explanation:
Parece-me uma boa alternativa :)

SONIA VIEIRA
Portugal
Local time: 00:48
Native speaker of:

Portuguese

Notes to answerer

Asker: Do you think it is better than LEXICAL STRESS though? Only one answer can fit here, as far as I know.

8 hrs confidence:

word stress

Explanation:
This is the most common term in English (152,000 refs), although "lexical stress" is not wrong (46,500 refs).

Where I was trained (Georgetown Univ), it was a no-no to use the word "accent" in talking about stress. Notice: only 723 refs for "lexical accent." It's probably understandable, but certainly not standard linguistic terminology.

Muriel Vasconcellos
United States
Local time: 16:48
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