| 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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| Matt ColerKudoZ activityQuestions: 1512 ( 5 open) ( 5 without valid answers) ( 15 closed without grading) Answers: 13
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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
Local time: 21:32
| Grading comment Thanks! I suppose it is best.
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15 mins confidence:   | 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
Local time: 21:32
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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26 mins confidence: | lexical accent
Explanation:
Parece-me uma boa alternativa :)
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Asker: Do you think it is better than LEXICAL STRESS though? Only one answer can fit here, as far as I know.
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