Role of Stress

The "Stresscat" field categorizes languages into three groups according to the role of stress: None, Minimal, Lexical. Those languages reported or presumed to make no perceptible differences in stress level between syllables are labeled "None". Languages in which there are noticeable differences in stress level, but the placement of stress is predictable (or very largely so) are classed as having a Minimal role for stress. Languages in which stress placement distinguishes (some) lexical forms or is otherwise unpredictable are labeled as having a Lexical role for stress.

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