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