DIZIONARIO GENERALE PLURILINGUE
DEL LESSICO METALINGUISTICO



Lemmaaccent
Categoria grammaticaleN
Linguainglese
SiglaDik (1989)
TitoloThe theory of functional grammar. Part I: the structure of the clause
Sinonimi 
Rinviiintonation (inglese)
prosodic contour (inglese)
tone (inglese) 
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In contrast to tone, accent is not an intrinsic feature of syllables, but a “holistic” property of larger constituents: words, phrases, clauses, or even whole sentences. Accent consists in the relative perceptual prominence of one syllable over the other syllables of such a larger constituent.
- Dik (1989), Pag. 381