Foot structure in Germanic

A foot is an organising unit of prosodic structure built on moras and syllables. Prominence falls on the heads of feet, and feet can be right or left-headed (an iamb or a trochee, respectively). Feet can be constructed from the right or the left edge and lexical stress falls on the head of the leftm...

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Main Authors: Booth, J, Lahiri, A
Format: Book section
Language:English
Published: Oxford University Press 2023