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Stress - Coggle Diagram

- - - - Most two-syllable nouns
        
        Examples: SLENder /CLEVer / HAPpy
      - Most two-syllable adjectives
        
        Examples: PREsent / EXport / CHIna
    - - Most two-syllable verbs
        
        Examples: preSENT / exPORT/deCIDE/beGIN
    - - Words ending in -ic
        
        Examples: GRAPHic/ geoGRAPHic /geoLOGic
      - Words ending in -sion and -tion
        
        Examples: teleVIsion / reveLAtion
    - - Words ending in -cy, -ty, -phy and -gy
        
        Examples: deMOcracy /dependaBIlity/ phoTOgraphy
      - Words ending in -al
        
        Examples: CRItical
        geoLOGical
    - - Counpound nouns: Stress is on the first syllable
        
        Examples: BLACKbird
        GREENhouse
        
        Compound Adjectives: Stress is on the second syllable
        
        Examples: bad-TEMpered
        old-FASHioned
        
        Compound verbs: Stress is on the second syllable
        
        Examples: underSTAND
        overFLOW
  - - - Definition : Letter or group of letters which are added to the end of a word to form a different word, often of a different class.
      - Three types of stressed suffixes
        
        Stress Neutral Suffix
        
        Stress Imposing Suffix
        
        Stressed suffix
        
        The suffix itself is stressed
        
        Example : -ese ˌJapan'ese
        
        The suffix causes the stress to fall on a particular syllable of the stem
        
        Example: -ion: stress always falls on the syllable before the suffix
        ˈfashion eˈmotion ˌinforˈmation
        
        The suffix does not affect the location of stress in the stem to which is attached
        
        Example: -ful 'beauty 'beautiful
- - - - Terciary stress ( after primary stress)
        
        This syllable is not usually accented when the word is in a sentence. It is marked ∘ and referred to as tertiary stress.
    - - Second strongest stress that is put on a part of a long word when spoken. It is shown in this dictionary by the mark (ˌ)
    - - Words with secondary and primary stress sometimes have a rhythmic beat between the secondary and primary stress. This is marked ∘ and referred to as tertiary stress.