English words bear the stress2. They regard that the location of
the stress can be determined automatically, for example, the loca
tion of primary stress in a word is closely correlated with the dis
tribution of tense (long vowels and diphthongs) vowels. The other
degrees of stress may depend on the distribution of lax (short)
vowels. Thus, EngUsh has a complex system of stress contours.
For the description of word stress in English three degrees of
stress (primary, secondary and weak) may be sufficient which are
both theoretically and practically important.
Three degrees of word stress may be distinguished in Rus
sian:
main
(основное /'/),
accessory
(побочное /,/) and
weak
(unstressed).
E.g.
водонепроницаемый,
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