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<p>from utrecht</p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>'''Destressing''' is a type of rule which deletes either a [[stress]] or the constituent of which this stress is the head (i.e. a [[foot]]). The footless [[syllable]](s) undergo(es) [[stray adjunction]]. Destressing rules adjust the representation assigned by [[stress assignment rule]]s.<br /> <br /> === Example ===<br /> {{IPA missing|all examples}}<br /> In English a stress on a light syllable (i.e. a foot) assigned by the stress rules is removed by a destressing rule: /bà nána/ /banána/. The application of the destressing rule explains that the vowel of the first syllable can reduce (cf. [bana¡na]), whereas this is not allowed in /bà ndána/ -/-&amp;gt; *[b@ndána] which has a heavy syllable.<br /> <br /> === Link ===<br /> <br /> [http://www2.let.uu.nl/UiL-OTS/Lexicon/zoek.pl?lemma=Destressing&amp;lemmacode=1078 Utrecht Lexicon of Linguistics]<br /> <br /> === References ===<br /> <br /> * Hammond, M. 1984. ''Constraining Metrical Theory: a modular theory of rythm and destressing,'' IULC, Bloomington, Indiana.<br /> * Hayes, B. 1981. ''A metrical theory of stress rules,'' PhD diss. MIT Cambridge, MA. Revised version distributed by IULC, published by Garland Press, New York, 1985.<br /> * Kager, R. 1989. ''A Metrical Theory of Sress and Destressing in English and Dutch,'' PhD diss. Utrecht University.<br /> <br /> {{dc}}<br /> [[Category:Phonology]]</div>

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