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Word stress plays a key role in determining the formation of free variants between British and American English. The document analyzes word pairs and finds that American free variants are derived from their British counterparts. Specifically, it notes that graphemic deletion or metathesis occurs in post-tonic syllables in American variants. The analysis identifies four rules for how stress influences the derivation of American free variants from British words, including the deletion of silent letters follow
- Author
- khuzaie
- Language
- EN