Definitions
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- adjective That immediately follows a
stressed syllable
Etymologies
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From post- + tonic
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Examples
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Gemination is in effect the compensatory lengthening that occurs in posttonic syllables while vowel lengthening only ever occurs on the stressed syllable.
A better understanding of Pre-IE gemination may lie with Slavic 2008
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Gemination is in effect the compensatory lengthening that occurs in posttonic syllables while vowel lengthening only ever occurs on the stressed syllable.
Archive 2008-07-01 2008
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