CHAPTER VIII

WORD-ACCENT

§ 113. General remarks 171

I. WORD-ACCENT IN MIDDLE ENGLISH.

_A. Germanic words._

114. Alleged difference in degree of stress among inflexional endings containing _e_ 172 115. Accent in trisyllables and compounds 174 116. Pronunciation of parathetic compounds 175 117. Rhythmical treatment of trisyllables and words of four syllables 175

_B. Romanic words._

118. Disyllabic words 177 119. Trisyllabic words 178 120. Words of four and five syllables 179

II. WORD-ACCENT IN MODERN ENGLISH.

121. Romanic accentuation still continued 180 122. Disyllabic words 181 123. Trisyllabic and polysyllabic words 181 124. Parathetic compounds 182

DIVISION II. VERSE-FORMS COMMON TO THE MIDDLE AND MODERN ENGLISH PERIODS