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Languages and Linguistics

Lionel Mandrake

(4,145 posts) Thu Aug 25, 2016, 07:08 PM Aug 2016

In words like polygon, polygonal, polyhedron, polygamy etc. ...
Is there any rule about which syllable is stressed?
Or is this part of the lexicon?

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pronunciation of poly- [View all] Lionel Mandrake Aug 2016 OP

Yes. Igel Aug 2016 #1

When I was learning ancient Greek, Lionel Mandrake Aug 2016 #2

English has no firm rules about which syllable is stressed. PoindexterOglethorpe Sep 2016 #3

Another is that we have so many phrasal verbs. Lionel Mandrake Sep 2016 #4