Abstract

In the linguistic expressions of many languages, words vary in prominence. In the English compound (1a), there is some sense in which tax has more prominence than relief , and in the sentence (1b) the same can be said about the subject NP My bike as compared to the verbal phrase has been stolen . Example (1c) illustrates how the perception of prominence can be more differentiated than this: English appears to be more prominent than teacher , which in turn may seem more prominent than Old .

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