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exPORT
deCIDE
beGIN
C. Stress on penultimate syllable
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examples
Words ending in -ic
GRAPHic
geoGRAPHic
geoLOGic
Words ending in -sion and -tion teleVIsion
reveLAtion
D. Stress on ante-penultimate syllable
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examples
Words ending in -cy, -ty, -phy and -gy deMOcracy
dependaBIlity
phoTOgraphy
geOLogy
Words ending in -al
CRItical
geoLOGical
E. Compound words (words with two parts)
rule
examples
For compound nouns, the
stress is on the first part
BLACKbird
GREENhouse
For
compound adjectives,
the
stress
is
on
the second part
bad-TEMpered
old-
FASHioned
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For compound verbs, the stress is on the second part underSTAND
overFLOW
The music of spoken English is sentence stress. Sentence stress,
like word stress, can aid comprehension
of spoken English,
particularly rapid spoken English. The rhythm or "beat" of English is
determined by sentence stress. You recall that word stress refers to the
emphasis placed on a single syllable inside a word. Sentence stress
refers to the emphasis placed on specific words inside a sentence.
There are two fundamental sorts of words in most sentences:
The main words in a sentence are called content words. They are
the key words that convey the true meaning or sense of the text.
Words like structure aren't particularly important. They are
modest, straightforward words that ensure that the statement is
grammatically correct. They give the sentence its proper structure and
form.
If you take out the structure
terms from a statement, you should still
be able to understand it.
You will not be able to understand a statement if the content words are
removed. The sentence is completely meaningless.
Assume
you
receive
the
following
telegram:
This sentence is not complete. It is not a "grammatically correct"
sentence. But you probably understand it. These 4 words
communicate very well.
Somebody wants you to sell their car for them
because they have gone to France.
We can add a few words:
The new words provide no additional information. However, they
improve the message's grammatical accuracy. Even more words can
be
added to produce a complete, grammatically correct statement.
However, the data is essentially the same:
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In
our sentence, the 4 key words (sell, car, gone, France) are
accentuated or stressed.
What is the significance of this for pronunciation? It's significant
because it gives the language a sense of "music." It's the English
language's beat. It affects how quickly we speak (and listen to) the
language. Each stressed word is separated by the same amount of
time.
In our sentence, there is 1 syllable between SELL and CAR
and 3 syllables between CAR and GONE. But the time (
t
) between
SELL and CAR and between CAR and GONE is the same. On the
emphasized words, we keep a steady beat. To do this, we say "my"
more slowly and "because I've" faster. We alter the speed of the minor
structure words while maintaining the
rhythm of the key content
words.
I am a proFESsional phoTOgrapher whose MAIN INterest is to
TAKE SPEcial, BLACK and WHITE PHOtographs that exHIBit
ABstract MEANings in their photoGRAPHic STRUCture.
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