Tim, I would say meter is pretty audible in Norwegian, and my uneducated view is that stresses and de-stresses are far stronger in Norwegian than in English. English-speakers often call our language "sing-song".
But that leave me wondering what to do in the cases where stress is very weak.
Jeg er ik<u>ke</u> potet. Jeg er poet. (I am not a potato. I am a poet.)
The and stress on "ikke" is extremely weak compared to the the other stresses. Is it then a weak iamb, or is it a (was spondee the name of weak-weak?)
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Svein Olav
.. another life
[This message has been edited by Solan (edited August 01, 2001).]
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