CHANGES OF ACCENTUAL STRUCTURE IN TWO-SYLLABL WORDS WITH VARIABLE STRES
The article is devoted to the evolution of accentual structure of two-syllable English words with double stress. The main tendencies in the dynamics of these words were discovered with the help of synchro- diachronic word analysis. The research result showed that stress presents a harmonious system and submits to strict rules which are based on the stress dependence on the syllabic word structure.