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word stress vs rhetorical accent

rhetorical accent vs word stress

word stress and rhetorical accent both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
word stress Yes No No No
rhetorical accent Yes No No No
As nouns, rhetorical accent is a hyponym of word stress; that is, rhetorical accent is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than word stress:
  • word stress: 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 stress include initial stress.
word stress (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 stress and rhetorical accent

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