heaveshouldered
The word 'heave-shouldered' is a compound adjective divided into three syllables: heave-shoul-dered. The primary stress falls on 'heave'. It's formed from the roots 'heave' and 'shoulder' with the past participle suffix '-ed'. Syllabification follows vowel digraph and onset-rime rules, typical of English stress-timed phonology.
Definitions
- 1
Having broad, powerful shoulders; resembling someone who is strong and capable of lifting heavy objects.
“The heave-shouldered sailor effortlessly hoisted the sails.”
“He was a heave-shouldered man, built for hard work.”
Stress pattern
Primary stress on the first syllable ('heave'), secondary stress on the second syllable ('shoul'), and no stress on the third syllable ('dered').
Syllables
heave — Open syllable, primary stress.. shoul — Open syllable, secondary stress.. dered — Closed syllable, unstressed.
Vowel Digraph Rule
Syllables are often divided before vowel digraphs (e.g., 'shoul').
Onset-Rime Rule
Syllables are formed around a vowel nucleus with preceding onset and following rime.
Stress-Timing Rule
English is a stress-timed language, influencing syllable prominence.
- The hyphenated structure could potentially lead to a more fragmented syllabification, but the compound adjective functions as a single unit, justifying the chosen division.
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