Table 2.
Disyllabic words selected from English, Hindi, and Telugu texts for analyzing lexical stress.
Language | Trochaic pattern | Iambic pattern |
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English | after, nothing, something, stomach, story, temper, very, witnessed | event, himself, respect, result |
Hindi | dekha, galti, gusse, jese, mani, niche, puja, pure | ise, laddu, lekin, pakad |
Telugu | meda, mani, oka, pedda, peru, poṭṭa, puji, velli | kopam, laddu, tatar |