👉 A hypophonous or a phonological hysteresis is a phenomenon in which a word produces more than one sound, often due to the presence of stress or accent on certain syllables. This can occur when the stressed syllable in a word has a different stress from the rest of the syllable. For example: - "happy" - The stressed syllable "hap" is pronounced with a long, clear high-pitched tone that contrasts sharply with the short, low-p