The Rules of Stress in English Verse
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2885097 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Joseph C Beaver (corresponding author) |
| Year | 1971 |
| Volume | 47 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 586 |
| Publication date | 1971-09-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Language (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0097-8507 • E-ISSN: 1535-0665 |
| Publisher | JSTOR (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.2307/412379 |
| OpenAlex | W2326073526 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 10 |
| References cited | 2 |
Rules of stress like those described by Chomsky & Halle 1968 are examined for their relevance in determining metricality (using Halle & Keyser's [1966] stress maximum concept) over the period of modern English. The Nuclear Stress Rule frequently locates stress maxima in unmetrical positions, and the Compound Rule occasionally does. A late, optional rule is proposed—the Stress Exchange Rule—which reverses unmetrical alignments resulting from earlier rules. An Alternating Stress Rule is also proposed, to account for non-lexical stress. Thus stress maxima are created in different ways. The possible rule combinations (lexical, phrasal; obligatory, optional) discriminate degrees of metricality, and provide stylistic parameters
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Generative metrics
| Unique citing works | 10 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,19 |
| Citation span | 1974 - 2013 (40) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 6 |