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Dogseatmeat Elephantsgobblevegetables

Fredstopped Elizabethstarted How many syllables?

Fredran Fred has stopped Fred should havestopped by now

Fredran Fred has stopped Fred should havestopped by now

'John'loves 'Ann Pe'nelope a'dores'Christopher 'Fred is e'namoured of'Oliver

Isochronic sentence stress Stessed syllables in the sentence seem to occur at fairly regular intervals, irrespectively of the number of unstressed syllables between them

Where's the book I left on the table? Where's the package I left on the able? Where's the dictionary I left on the table? Where's the cassette I left on the table? Where's thepackage I left on the refrigerator? Where's thepackage I left on the information desk? Where's the book I left on the table? Where's the book I left here? What's thebook like?

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Isochronic stress dogs eat meat / / / elephants gobble vegetables / x x / x / x x

stress-timed languages syllable-timed languages dogs eat meat / / / elephants gobble vegetables / x x / x / x x les chiens mangent de la viande x x x (x) x x x (x) les éléphants avalent des légumes x x x x x (x) x x x (x )

Mary at least has never pretended she could sing

' Mary at least has never pretended she could sing

' Mary at ' least has never pretended she could sing

' Mary at ' least has ' never pretended she could sing

' Mary at ' least has ' never pre ' tended she could sing

' Mary at ' least has ' never pre ' tended she could ' sing

'Mary 'least 'never pre'tended 'sing at has she could

'Mary at 'least has 'never pre'tended she could 'sing

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