The stress in compound and polysyllabic words

The High Level Head (always one-peak) sounds airy and light, so it is generally used in informal lively conversations to express a friendly attitude.

e.g. ˡWho would he `choose?

The Low Level Head is frequently combined with low narrow tones, falling or rising, conveying a cool, phlegmatic dissaproving and disinterested attitude of the speaker.

e.g.: Why aren’t you in bed?

This head is also typical in parenthesis/appositions which are used in the middle of a sentence to express either the same information as the previous sense-group (“old information”) or are used as an afterthought.

e.g.: >Brussels| the capital of ‚Belgium| is the 'headquarters of the 'Common `Market.