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of affixes and only one root. “Therefore, as this rule applies to words converted by
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letter-to-segment rules in the module, it applies to noncompounds only, and its ef-
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fect is to locate the primary stress which is to be retained. The action (V —
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retain) indicates that 1-stress is to be reduced to 2-stress on all but the matched
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vowel.
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1.V - retin/X | 157 |y v 1v
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where Y does not contain 1-stress.
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a. Retain 1-stress on a vowel if it is followed by at least one
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syllable and a word-final unstressed 1y. Reduce all other 1-
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stress to 2-stress (e.g. legendary— 1L ‘EH JJ EH NN DD
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(‘= ")AE RR IY).
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2.V = retain /X [ 1.5zess |¥ VCo
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where Y does not contain 1-stress.
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a. Retain 1-stress on a vowel if it is followed by a string of one
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or more syllables without primary stress. Reduce all other 1-
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stress to 2-stress (e.g. hurricane—HH ‘AH RR IH KK
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(= ")EY NN, gastritis—>GG (‘- ")AE SS TT RR 'AY
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TT IH SS, trinitarian—>TT RR (‘— ")IH NN IH TT 'AE
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RR IY AX NN).
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3.V > retain /X | 1 gress |¥
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where Y does not contain 1-stress.
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a. Retain 1-stress on the only vowel to which it has been as-
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signed (e.g. stand—>Ss TT ‘AE NN DD, edit—’EH DD IH
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7T, difficult -DD ’IH FF IH KK AH LL TT).
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This rule also includes a condition dependent upon two categories of special
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suffixes. Those suffixes discussed with the Main Stress Rule which do not affect
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stress placement are excepted from the domain of the Compound Stress Rule if
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they are either word-final or precede another word-final suffix in the same cate-
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gory. The other category of suffixes is marked for special stress retention (i.e. is
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allowed to be part of the Y pattern even though stressed). These suffixes are: IH
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2z AX MM (-ism), 18 vv (-ive), and AE TT (vowel-reduced -ate).
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