Noun rule | Stress the penultimate syllable if heavy; light - antepenultimate:a.‘ro.ma, a’.gen.da, ‘di.sci.pline |
Verb rule | stress the final syllable if heavy; light - penultimate; o.’bey, u.’surp, a.’tone, ‘ta.lly, ‘hu.rry |
English nouns | typically have stress on the penultimate syllable, so long as that syllable is heavy; |
English nouns with short | a syllable with a short vowel and no coda will be light |