Stray adjunction

Definition
Stray adjunction is a universal convention by which extrametrical units are incorporated into the representation of stress. By convention the extrametrical unit is weak.

Example
In English the final syllable of a noun is extrametrical. After foot construction and word tree construction, the extrametrical syllable is incorporated into the adjacent foot as a weak member by stray adjunction.

/\                         s  \ /\		/\  | 	 |  s          |  s  | | /\         |  /\ |          w s w         w s w w          | | |         | | | ameri&lt;ca&gt; -&gt; america

Links

 * Utrecht Lexicon of Linguistics