I haven't taken a course in audio, but I think I may understand what you're asking: Syllable stress would be the "accent" applied to certain parts of multi-syllable words. ) Most dictionaries break the word into syllables, and place accent marks after the syllables which receive more stress than the others. Sometimes a bold "accent" is used for the strong stress and a regular one is used for the weaker stress.
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