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The present experiment attempts to determine the role of prosody in the identification of stress unit boundaries in Czech, using three types of delexicalized stimuli evaluated by native speakers. After describing the relative contribution of intonation and duration to boundary perception, an analysis of misplaced boundaries is provided. Identified patterns concern especially the relationship between tonal structure and boundary salience, the order of preference between intonation and duration, and the tendency towards perceptual filling of accent lapses.