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Stress in prepositional compounds
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Compound prepositions, that is, compounds with a preposition as their right-hand constituent, can only consist of two prepositions; thus, they always have the structure PP while *NP, *VP, *AP are excluded. PP compounds always have final stress.

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achterin [[achter][in]] [ˈɑx.tər.ˈɪn] in the back
bovenaan [[boven][aan]] [ˈbo.vən.ˈan] on top of
vooruit [[voor][uit]] [ˈvor.ˈœyt] in advance
tussendoor [[tussen][door]] [ˈtʏ.sən.ˈdor] in-between
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