Concerning a Stress Placement Experiment in Russian

Given the data presented, the main finding concerning structure of the final syllable seems very strong. However, many of the other patterns discussed seem open to challenge. Futhermore, the article does not include discussion what might be at the root of the intriguing syllable-structure effect. Since stress judgments from the experiment are included at the end of the article, many of these questions can be taken up and pondered by the reader. In what follows, I present some of my ponderings on these topics.