Penultimate Stress

Definition

Penultimate stress is a term used to refer to stress occurring on the second last syllable of a word (Demers & George, 1978).

Examples

  • Skwxwú7mesh:
In this example, Demers and George demonstrate that there is penultimate stress (i.e., on the second last syllable), indicated with the accent over the word’s second /t/ (p. 180).