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ut builds on the lower level prominence principles that operate at the level of the stress foot and<br />

the syllable.<br />

ω (Word)<br />

|<br />

Σ (Stress Foot)<br />

|<br />

σ (Syllable)<br />

Figure 1-10. Prosodic hierarchy of the word.<br />

The three tier system presented here is able to effectively solve the dilemma of the word pair<br />

considered above, bombast and ballast. The Liberman/Prince analysis is given in Figure 1-11<br />

alongside Selkirk’s (1980, 565) prosodic hierarchy. The addition of the stress foot layer provides<br />

an explanation for the phonetic difference between the unstressed final syllables in the two<br />

words. Since the final syllable in bombast forms a stress foot it receives a secondary accent<br />

while the strong member of the binary branch carries the primary accent.<br />

R<br />

s w<br />

[ˈbɒm. bæst]<br />

+ +<br />

ω<br />

|<br />

Σ<br />

Σs Σw<br />

| |<br />

σs σw<br />

[ˈbɒm. bæst]<br />

s w<br />

[ˈbæl. ləst]<br />

+ -<br />

[ˈbæl. ləst]<br />

A A1 B B1<br />

R<br />

ω<br />

|<br />

Σ<br />

σs σw<br />

Figure 1-11. Application of prosodic category labels to differentiate word accent. A, B<br />

(Liberman/Prince analysis). A1, B1 (Selkirk analysis).<br />

Selkirk (1980, 574-575) cites the work of Halle and Vergnaud as further support for<br />

dispensing with the segmental feature [±stress] in favor of a hierarchical metrical system that<br />

computes word level accent on the basis of universal principles of prosody as well as language<br />

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