Linguists Use Feets as an Analytical Tool

Not all linguists use feet exactly as an analytical tool, but it's really common. For example, consonant lanishin can only happen within a foot. So there are all kinds of weird sort of oddities that can fit into the stress system when it gets this complicated.

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