Scholary Paper aus dem Jahr 2004 im Fachbereich Anglistik Linguistik Note 1A FriedrichAlexanderUniversitt ErlangenNrnberg Institute forAnglistics American Stud... » 

Scholary Paper aus dem Jahr 2004 im Fachbereich Anglistik Linguistik Note 1A FriedrichAlexanderUniversitt ErlangenNrnberg Institute forAnglistics American Studies Veranstaltung PS English Sounds and Letters Past and Present 8 Eintragungen im Literaturverzeichnis Sprache EnglischAbstract Word accent is a largely discussed field in modern linguistics. Ifone looks up the combination of the expressions word and accent in anInternet search engine like Google one receives thousands of differentwebsites concerning this issue. In this paper I want to put together all theimportant facts of accent in English words and at the same time try to avoid atoo complex view on the many details of the topic. In this attempt I willfocus on words in isolation and will only take a small outlook on accent inconnected speech. «