Ms endar syllable & stress

1. Stress & Syllables
Endar Rachmawaty Linuwih. S.Hum., M.Pd

2. Syllable
• Open syllable
• Closed syllable
• Open syllable  a syllable that ends in a
vowel
Example: pilot, blue
• Closed syllable  a syllable that ends in a
consonant
Example: tiger

3. Syllable
• A monosyllabic word/ a monosyllable
a word consists of single syllable
pie, guy
• A polysyllabic word/ a polysyllable
a word consists of two or more syllables
clever, compulsive

4. Stress
• Photograph
• Photography
• Photographic
 ‘Photograph
 Pho’tography
 Photo’graphic

5. Stress
When a syllable is stressed, it is pronounced
• longer in duration
• higher in pitch
• louder in volume

6. Word Stress Rule

7. Word Stress Rule

8. Stress
• In English a shift in stress pattern can
indicate a shift in the way a word
functions.
Example:
(1) ‘contract
(2) con’tract
(1)A contract (Noun)
(2)To contract (Verb)

9. Other words which use similar stress
change indicate a change of function
Noun
• ‘export
• ‘accent
• ‘permit
• _________
• _________
Verb
• ex’port
• ac’cent
• per’mit
• __________
• __________

10. Adjectives are also sometimes distinguished
from verbs by a difference in stress
Adjective
• ‘absent
• ‘present
• __________
Verb
• ab’sent
• Pre’sent
• __________

11. Study the stress in the following phrases, how
does stress affect the meaning of the phrase:
1.A ‘blackboard vs a black ‘board
> ‘blackboard : a chalkboard
> black’board: a board that is black
2. A white ’house vs the ‘whitehouse
3. A ‘greenhouse vs a green ‘house

12. • In English we primary stress on an
adjective followed by a noun when two
words are combined in a compound noun

13. Put the stress in the syllable
appropriately to identify the meaning
1. Hotdog Vs Hot dog
2. Red coat Vs Redcoat
3. Tightrope Vs Tight rope