word accent
Origin of word accent
1First recorded in 1900–05
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How to use word accent in a sentence
The incidence of word-accent is left unfixed save so far as the incidence of verse-accent enables us to fix it.
The Oxford Book of Latin Verse | VariousSometimes verse-accent and word-accent do not correspond even at the last accent in a colon.
The Oxford Book of Latin Verse | VariousIn both cases the rhythmic accent has to yield to the word-accent.
A History of English Versification | Jakob SchipperThe former is caused by word-accent, the latter by the rhetorical accent, as illustrated by the last examples.
A History of English Versification | Jakob SchipperThe main law for all accentual versification is this, that verse-accent must always coincide with word-accent.
A History of English Versification | Jakob Schipper
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