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Before proceeding to a more systematic analysis of the contemporary English stress system (i.e., principles governing the incidence of stress in English words), it makes sense to look at the physical nature of the phenomenon of linguistic stress. This chapter will therefore discuss phonetic differences between 1) syllables bearing stress and syllables bearing accent, 2) syllables bearing primary stress and syllables bearing secondary stress, and, more generally, between 3) syllables bearing stress and/or accent and unstressed syllables. Additionally, the chapter will address stress placement from a cross-linguistic perspective, i.e., on the basis of which principles languages of the world, including English, stress words occurring in them.