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    This document discusses word stress in English. [1] Word stress refers to emphasizing certain syllables in multisyllabic words through increased duration, pitch, and volume. [2] Incorrect word stress can cause misunderstandings and change a word's meaning. [3] The document outlines general rules for stress placement in different word types like nouns, verbs, and compound words.

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    WORD STRESS

    WHAT IS WORD STRESS?


    • All word that have more than one syllable have word
    stress
    • One syllable is longer and louder than the other
    • English words has it’s own rhythm
    • Word stress plays an important role of correct
    pronunciations of English words.

    CHI-na com-MIT-tee

    SLEN-der re-ve-LA-tion
    HOW TO PRONOUNCE
    WORD STRESS?

    When a syllable is stressed, it is


    pronounced

    longer in duration
    higher in pitch
    louder in volume
    THE IMPORTANCE OF
    WORD STRESS
    • Stressing the wrong syllable in a word can make the word
    very difficult to hear and understand.
    • stressing a word differently can change the meaning
    or type of the word.
    • Even if the speaker can be understood, mistakes with
    word stress can make the listener feel irritated, or perhaps
    even amused, and could prevent good communication
    from taking place.

    DE-sert de-SERT
    THE IMPORTANCE OF
    WORD STRESS
    • Mistakes in word stress are a common cause of
    misunderstanding in English.
    • Stressing a word differently can change the meaning
    or type of the word

    For example: we will desert the desert by tomorrow

    DE-sert de-SERT

    So as you can see the last part of the first desert is


    STRESSED, while the last part of the second desert is
    UNSTRESSED dessert.
    RULES OF WORD STRESS
    THINGS TO REMEMBER!
    1. A word can only have one stress. In a very
    long word you can have a secondary
    stress but it is always a much smaller stress.

    2. Only vowels are stressed, not


    consonants. The vowels in English are
    a, e, i, o, and u. The consonants are all
    the other letters.
    TWO SYLLABLE NOUNS
    AND ADJECTIVES
    • In most two syllable nouns and
    adjectives, the first syllable takes on
    the stress.
    Examples:

    • SAMples
    • RObot
    • PICnic
    • RAIny
    TWO SYLLABLE VERBS
    AND
    PREPOSITIONS
    • In most two syllable verbs and prepositions, the
    stress is on the second syllable.
    Examples:

    • reLAX
    • reCEIVE
    • beLIEVE
    • aMONG
    • aSIDE
    • beTWEEN
    • More about word stress on two-syllable words
    • About 80% or so of two-syllable words get their
    stress on the first syllable.

    • There are of course, exceptions to this rule, but very


    few nouns and adjectives get stress on their
    second syllable.

    • Verbs and prepositions usually get stress placed on


    the second syllable, but there are exceptions to this
    too.
    Type of Word Pattern Examples
    Most 2-syllable nouns Stress on FIRST syllable CONtext, PAper, Visa
    Most 2-syllable verbs Stress on SECOND syllable apPLY, creATE, reLAX
    Words ending in “cy,” “ty,” the stress is often on the deMOcracy, phoTOgraphy,
    “phy,” “gy” and “al” third to last syllable. LOgical, psychology, MUsical
    Words that end in suffixes Stress on the syllable aniMAtion, creAtion,
    such as –ic, -sion, -tion, -ian BEFORE the suffix phySIcian, magician, PUblic
    Words that end in suffixes Stress on the FINAL syllable engiNEER, pioNEER,
    such as –eer and -ee guaranTEE, forSEE
    • In the case of words which can be used as
    either a noun or verb, the noun will tend to
    be stressed on the first syllable and the verb
    on the last syllable.

    Examples:
    • IMport(n) imPORT(v)
    • INcrease(n) inCREASE(v)
    WORD STRESS FOR
    COMPOUND
    WORDS
    A. Compound noun

    • A compound noun is a noun made out of


    two nouns in order to form one word. In a
    compound noun, the first word usually takes
    on the stress.
    Examples:
    • ICEland
    • TOOTHpaste
    • SEAfood
    • FOOTball
    B. Compound adjectives

    • A compound adjective is an adjective composed of


    at least two words.
    Often, hyphens are used in compound adjectives. In
    compound adjectives, the stress is placed within
    the second word.
    Examples:

    • ten-MEter
    • rock-SOlid
    • fifteen-MInute
    C. Compound verbs

    The rule: In most compound verbs (a multi-word


    verb that functions as a single verb), the stress is on
    the second word.
    Examples:
    understand  /un-der–STAND/
    Ask for /ask FOR/
    Take off /take OFF/

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