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Phonetics: Stress (Double stress (compound nouns (e.g. 'maple '…
Phonetics: Stress
Double stress
compound nouns
e.g. 'maple 'syrup, 'silver 'wedding
compound adjectives
e.g. 'under-de'veloped
compound adverb
e.g. up 'state
numbers
e.g. 'thir'teen to 'nine'teen
place/street names
e.g. 'Stone'henge, 'Picca'dilly, NB! 'Oxford Street
certain prefixes
e.g.
-anti -over -arch -half -inter -non -post -pre -under -re
Compounds
Compound vs. Phrase
e.g. the 'White House vs. the ,white 'house
Noun
e.g. We are ready for 'take off
Verb
e.g. We are ready for take 'off
Phrasal verbs
stress on particle
e.g. catch 'on, put 'off, blow 'up
Prepositional verbs
stress on verb
e.g. 'look at, 'search for, re'fer to
Suffix-conditioned stress
phonologically neutral suffixes
suffix does not alter stress pattern
e.g.
-dom
,
-ed
,
-ship
,
-some
,
-er
,
-ess
,
-ish
,
-ist
mostly Germanic origin
phonologically non-neutral suffixes
ultimate stress
verbs
French origin
e.g.
-ade
,
-ee
,
-eer
,
-esque
,
-ette
,
-ier
,
-ine
,
-ique
,
-oo
,
-oon
penultimate stress
adjectives and nouns
Latin and Greek origin
e.g.
-ic(s)
,
-ia
,
-ial
,
-ual
,
-ian
,
-ion
,
-ious
,
-eous
antepenultimate stress
Latin and Greek origin
e.g.
-ity
,
-ical
,
-graphy
,
-meter
,
-logy
,
-any
,
-ate
,
-ide
Verbs and nouns
verbs
mainly ultimate stress
prefixed verbs: stress on root
nouns
mainly early stress
prefixed nouns: stress on prefix