The stress in compound and polysyllabic words

Final and medial direct address

Direct Address placed at the end of an utterance does not serve to attract the listener’s attention. It is added simply as an expression of politeness, affection or criticism. It is therefore either unstressed or only partially stressed and forms the tail of the tune: e.g. — 'Can you 'type these ‚letters for me, ˙Mike?

— Of ‘course, father.

e.g. — You are 'late a‘gain, Tom.

— I’m ˇsorry, ˙sir.

Final Direct Address may be pronounced as part of the Falling-Rising Divided nucleus. When this intonation pattern is used, the utterance sounds warmer and the address becomes more prominent: e.g. You 'look ˙very ‘tired, ‚Jane.

Direct Address placed in the middle of an utterance is pronounced in the same way as in final position: e.g. I 'don’t ˙mean to ‘say, Jack, | that it’s ‘your fault