stress-timed

stress-timed (not comparable)

1. (linguistics, phonetics) Of a language, such that syllables may last different amounts of time, but there is perceived to be a fairly constant amount of time between consecutive stressed syllables.

   Coordinate term: syllable-timed

   • 2002, Dorothy M. Chun, Discourse Intonation in L2: From Theory and Research to Practice, John Benjamins Publishing, →ISBN, page 170:

     As described in the discussion of stress and rhythm at the word level, stress-timed languages are those in which stressed syllables tend to occur at approximately equal intervals.

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