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<ca>  -> america

Links

• Utrecht Lexicon of Linguistics

References

• Hayes, B. 1981. A metrical theory of stress rules, PhD diss. MIT Cambridge, MA. Revised version distributed by IULC, published by Garland Press, New York, 1985.
• Liberman, M. and A. Prince 1977. On Stress and Linguistic Rhythm, Linguistic Inquiry 8, pp. 249-336

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