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  1. In a stress-timed language, syllables may last different amounts of time, but there is perceived to be a fairly constant amount of time (on average) between consecutive stressed syllables.Consequently, unstressed syllables between stressed syllables tend to be compressed to fit into the time interval: if two stressed syllables are separated by a single unstressed syllable, as in delicious tea ...

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    Linguists distinguish between languages in which a section of text is spoken:

    • with about the same time between the stressed syllables ( stress-timed)
    • with each syllable taking about the same time to say ( syllable-timed ).
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    A stress-timed language is a language where the stressed syllables are said at approximately regular intervals, and unstressed syllables shorten to fit this rhythm. Stress-timed languages can be compared with syllable-timed ones, …

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  6. What is the difference between syllable-timing and stress-timing?

  7. 48 Stress-timed vs. Syllable- timed Languages

    Jan 1, 2011 · A growing body of literature suggests that the world's languages can be classified into three rhythm classes: mora-timed languages, stress-timed languages, and syllable-timed languages.

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