lastemål
Lastemål is a linguistic term used in Scandinavian dialectology to describe a word-stress pattern in which the final syllable of a word carries the primary stress. The term, literally meaning “last accent” or “final stress,” is employed to characterize certain regional and historical speech varieties where the final syllable is notably prominent in pronunciation.
The concept is primarily descriptive and is contrasted with other stress patterns such as initial stress (forstavemål)
Phonological implications of lastemål include effects on vowel length, consonant realization, and syllable timing, as the
In modern phonological analysis, lastemål is largely of historical and descriptive value, cited in discussions of
See also: stress (linguistics), dialectology, Scandinavian languages, tonemål, forstavemål.