All heavy syllables take at least secondary stress, and possibly primary stress depending on their position within the word.
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Shva nang is also normally pronounced after a long vowel with secondary stress ( " ngomed�m, barekh?" ).
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Syllables having primary stress are in boldface; syllables having secondary stress are in roman type; unstressed syllables are in italics.
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According to, secondary stress falls on the second syllable following the primary stress and iteratively thereafter on every second syllable.
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Trager ( 1946 ) states that the primary and secondary stress levels are in complementary distribution in low-toned and high-toned syllables.
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In most words the primary stress falls on the penultimate vowel and secondary stresses fall on every second syllable preceding that.
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An updated intelligent rhyme algorithm now distinguishes between primary and secondary stress in words to find more near rhymes with greater accuracy.
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In Trager's terminology, primary stress is called " loud " stress, secondary stress is " normal ", and unstressed is " weak ".
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However, this analysis is problematic; notes that these may be cases of full vs reduced unstressed vowels being interpreted as secondary stress vs unstressed.
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The accentuation of Hebrew adheres strictly to the rules of Biblical Hebrew, including the secondary stress on syllables with a long vowel before a shva.
