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/tɹoʊˈkeɪ.ɪk/ · adjective
Composed of or relating to trochees, feet of one stressed syllable followed by an unstressed syllable..
Therefore, in precisely these languages a mechanism could be maintained which preserves the contrast between stressed and unstressed syllables in the trochaic word structure pattern (see 42.3.1) by weakening the onset of a longer or weightier unstressed syllable.
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Trochaic means Composed of or relating to trochees, feet of one stressed syllable followed by an unstressed syllable..
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Therefore, in precisely these languages a mechanism could be maintained which preserves the contrast between stressed and unstressed syllables in the trochaic word structure pattern (see 42.3.1) by weakening the onset of a longer or weightier unstressed syllable.
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