5. Morphology in Relation to Phonology

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bäc.ke.REI, bac.ke.REI:
with -ei nouns are derived from nouns (Bäcker) or verbs (backen);
the syllable containing this suffix -ei attracts main stress.
In such words the diphthong /ai/ has clearly a different status from that it
has, e.g., in SAL.bei, PA.pa.gei, NAC.ke.dei, AL.ler.lei, which are words
stressed according to normal German stress rules (last syllable
extrametrical; parsing from right to left; moraic trochee) and where /ai/
on its own has no meaning;
stress-attracting -ei does have meaning – in fact two meanings: 'place
where a baker pursues his profession', 'constant pursuit of the activity of
baking'.