| 单词 | stress shift |
| 释义 | > as lemmasstress shift stress shift n. a change to the way a word or other linguistic unit is stressed; esp. (a) a change to the usual stress pattern of a polysyllabic word; (b) a difference in the placement of stress on a derivative from on the root word. ΚΠ 1885 H. Sweet in Trans. Philol. Soc. 1882–4 431 In sum cases a syllabl which is strest in the literary lang. has been dropt, pointing, of course, to an erlier stress-shift in the dialect. 1930 T. Sasaki On Lang. R. Bridges' Poetry 91 It has been the rule in the English blank verse since Chaucer not to tolerate stress-shift (or inversion of accent) in the fifth foot. 1992 T. McArthur Oxf. Compan. Eng. Lang. 971 Elsewhere, the stress shift is reflected in the spelling: maintáin/máintenance, revéal/revelátion. 2010 N. Topintzi Onsets ii. 95 In other odd-syllable words that lack the voiceless–voiced sonorant sequence in the final two syllables, such stress shift is gratuitous. < as lemmas |
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