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:book:STRESS AND LEVELS OF STRESS :lips: - Coggle Diagram
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STRESS AND LEVELS OF STRESS
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Stress refers to the degree of force that produce when we a syllable or a word is uttered, also indicate degree of prominence of a syllable
prominence of a syllable
have 4 factors
length
tone
loudness
quality
You can identify word stress in English
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when looking at the transcription
depending on the grammar unit
how it is formed prominence
prominence
Levels of stress in English
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Primary level [ˈ]
the loudest syllable in the word
Example
/ˈgrændˌfɑːðə/
Tertiary or mid-level
syllables that have no stress at all
Example
/kraʊd/
Secondary level [ˌ]
syllables which aren't completely unstressed
Example
/ˌsɪŋgəˈpɔːrɪən/
Syllable stress
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a word that has more than one syllable, always there is a stressed syllable that has greater emphasis
"strong syllable" or tonic accent.
Rules for stress
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Weak syllable
Two syllables words (verbs and prepositions)
Strong syllable
Two syllables words (adjectives)
Two syllable words (Nouns)
Two syllable words (adverbs)
Three syllable (Simple verbs)
Three syllable (nouns)
Three syllable (adjectives)
Three syllable (Simple verbs)
Complex words stress
Compound words
. Hyphenated
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