Stresses {emphasis, phonetics} {accent, phonetics}| can be on word syllable positions or sentence word positions. Languages typically place stress {fixed stress} on same syllable or word position. Word stresses are main accent and secondary accent. Accent can be on first syllable {initial accent} {initial stress}, last syllable {terminal stress} {terminal accent}, next-to-last syllable {penult syllable}, or second-to-last syllable.
Pitch changes {chromatic accent} can be for emphasis.
Accents {qualitative accent} can be stress and pitch changes.
Accents {quantitative accent} can be duration changes.
Languages {oxytonic language} can have majority of words accented on last syllable {oxytone}|.
Languages {paroxytonic language} can have majority of words accented on next-to-last syllable {paroxytone}|.
Languages {proparoxytonic language} can have majority of words accented on second-to-last syllable {proparoxytone}|.
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