• Client
    Mart Stam Gesellschaft
  • Format
    catalogue, poster, card
  • Year
    2008
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September 2008

No stress in Amsterdam.

Dutch is a stress language; the stress position of words matters. Stress can occur on any syllable position in a word. There is a tendency for stress to be at the beginning of words. In composite words, secondary stress is often present. There are some cases where stress is the only difference between words. For example vóórkomen (occur) and voorkómen (prevent). Marking the stress in written Dutch is optional, never obligatory, but sometimes recommended.
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dutch_language)

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