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unstressability

unstressability noun: the quality of being unstressable.

Noun

unstressability (uncountable)

  1. The quality of being unstressable.
    • Hence by saying that the first part of the schwa is empty T claims to explain its unstressability.1984, Harry van der Hulst, Syllable structure and stress in Dutch, page 114
    • An explanation for the general ability of French clitics to receive stress might be that French, unlike the other Romance languages, only has phrasal stress, and that the alleged unstressability of clitics only holds for lexical stress.2012, Sascha Gaglia, Inflection and Word Formation in Romance Languages, page 120

Questions about unstressability

What does unstressability mean?
Unstressability means the quality of being unstressable.
What part of speech is unstressability?
Unstressability is a noun.

Words near unstressability in the dictionary

  1. unstreetwise
  2. unstrengthened
  3. unstrengthening
  4. unstrenuous
  5. unstress
  6. unstressability
  7. unstressable
  8. unstressed
  9. unstressedly
  10. unstressedness
  11. unstresses

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