Hayes introduces two basic rules of stress assignment (foot formation): the English Stress Rule (ESR) and Strong Retraction Rule (SRR). The ESR applies at the right edge of the word, assigning maximally binary feet labeled S W, where W may not be a heavy syllable (not counting "extrametrical" material). [...] The ESR [...] applies regardless of whether the string is already provided with a metrical organization or not.
- Kiparsky (2004), a pag.141