Meanings of lexical stress in English

Sometimes, the lexical stress pattern needs to be altered to obey the rhythm of the language.

This study investigated the interplay of lexical stress patterns and rhythmical well-formedness in natural speech with fMRI.

These results support the view that lexical stress is processed as part of a sensorimotor network of speech comprehension.

For the interaction of lexical stress and rhythmical well-formedness, we found one suprathreshold cluster localized between the cerebellum and the brain stem.