Barytonesis
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Barytonesis or recessive accent in phonology
is the shift of accent from the last or following syllable on any non-final or preceding syllable of the stem, as in John Donne
's poetic line: but éxtreme sense hath made them desperate, the Balto-Slavic Pedersen's law
and Aeolic Greek
barytonesis. The opposite, the accent shift to the last syllable is called oxytonesis.
Phonology
Phonology is, broadly speaking, the subdiscipline of linguistics concerned with the sounds of language. That is, it is the systematic use of sound to encode meaning in any spoken human language, or the field of linguistics studying this use...
is the shift of accent from the last or following syllable on any non-final or preceding syllable of the stem, as in John Donne
John Donne
John Donne 31 March 1631), English poet, satirist, lawyer, and priest, is now considered the preeminent representative of the metaphysical poets. His works are notable for their strong and sensual style and include sonnets, love poetry, religious poems, Latin translations, epigrams, elegies, songs,...
's poetic line: but éxtreme sense hath made them desperate, the Balto-Slavic Pedersen's law
Pedersen's law
Pedersen's law, named after the Danish linguist Holger Pedersen, is a law of accentuation in Balto-Slavic languages which states that the stress was retracted from stressed medial syllables in paradigms with mobile accent....
and Aeolic Greek
Aeolic Greek
Aeolic Greek is a linguistic term used to describe a set of dialects of Ancient Greek spoken mainly in Boeotia , Thessaly, and in the Aegean island of Lesbos and the Greek colonies of Asia Minor ....
barytonesis. The opposite, the accent shift to the last syllable is called oxytonesis.