Word-Accent

§ 113. General remarks

I. WORD-ACCENT IN MIDDLE ENGLISH.

A. Germanic words.

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

B. Romanic words.

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

II. WORD-ACCENT IN MODERN ENGLISH.

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

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