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word accent vs rhetorical accent

rhetorical accent vs word accent

word accent and rhetorical accent both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
word accent Yes No No No
rhetorical accent Yes No No No
As nouns, rhetorical accent is a hyponym of word accent; that is, rhetorical accent is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than word accent:
  • word accent: the distribution of stresses within a polysyllabic word
  • rhetorical accent: Special emphasis placed exceptionally upon tones not subject to grammatical accent.
Other hyponyms of word accent include initial stress.
word accent (noun) rhetorical accent (noun)
the distribution of stresses within a polysyllabic word Special emphasis placed exceptionally upon tones not subject to grammatical accent.
Difference between word accent and rhetorical accent

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