Word stress
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Word stress
- 1. Word Stress
- 3. in any word one syllable receives more emphasis than the others
- 4. phasis
- 5. dede
- 6. this is stress or accento tonico in Italian
- 7. the level of your voice changes
- 8. Italian
- 9. dederdede
- 10. often vowels change too
- 15. stress marks
- 22. administration
- 23. administration
- 24. administration
- 25. administration de de de DER de
- 28. examples
- 29. 1 syllable
- 30. in one-syllable words that syllable is stressed
- 31. in one-syllable words that syllable is stressed DUH!
- 32. word
- 33. teach
- 34. port
- 35. 2 syllables
- 39. wordy
- 40. teaching
- 41. porter
- 42. it’s usually the first syllable that is stressed
- 43. but sometimes the second syllable is stressed
- 44. report
- 45. some common words that stress the second syllable
- 46. towards annul revenge allow device police prolong above forget besides report pursue today immense refer collapse
- 47. 3+ syllables
- 48. it’s similar with longer words
- 49. studying
- 50. reporter
- 51. referee
- 52. etc.
- 53. how to decide
- 54. 1. look for the root
- 55. predominantly
- 58. pre.dom.in.ant.ly pre.dom.in.ate.ly pre.dom.in.eer.ly pre.dom.in-. ly L. domināt- ppl. stem of dominārī
- 59. unforgettable
- 64. 2. suffixes starting with -i or -u
- 65. When a suffix starts with -i or -u the stress goes on the syllable immediately before
- 69. 3. prefixes in 3-syllable words
- 70. Prefixes are sometimes stressed in 3-syllable words
- 71. Prefixes are sometimes stressed in 3-syllable words
- 74. this is more common in nouns and adjectives
- 75. this is more common in nouns and adjectives and less common in verbs and pariciples
- 76. continent BUT to contain > containing
- 77. incident BUT to incise > incisive
- 78. precedent BUT to precede > preceding
- 79. BUT
- 80. exercise n. AND to exercise v.
- 81. 4. identical 2-syllable nouns and verbs
- 82. many 2-syllable words have the same form for noun and verb
- 83. many 2-syllable words have the same form for noun and verb e.g. to record (v.) a record (n.)
- 84. in many of these pairs the verb is stressed on the 2nd and the noun on the 1st
- 85. in many of these pairs the verb is stressed on the 2nd and the noun on the 1st e.g. to record (v.) a record (n.)
- 86. verb noun verb noun record record impact impact contrast contrast insult insult decrease decrease permit permit increase increase contract contract
- 87. verb noun verb noun rɪcord record ɪmpact ɪmpact cəntrast cɒntrast ɪnsult ɪnsult dɪcrease diːcrease pəmit pɜːmit ɪncrease ɪncrease cəntract cɒntract
- 88. not all verbs do this address display promise comfort exchange repair control interest surprise decay mistake report
- 89. In pairs: - look at the words on the next slide - decide where the stress is
- 90. photography partially predominance performance calamitous envisaging intrinsically ridiculous development fictitious deliciously discography towards forgettable examination ambivalence irrelevant political economic disruption
- 91. photography partially predominance performance calamitous envisaging intrinsically ridiculous development fictitious deliciously discography towards forgettable examination ambivalence irrelevant political economic disruption
- 92. HOMEWORK - select 5 long words from your writing - indicate the stress pattern using ‘de’ for unstressed syllables and ‘DER’ for stressed syllables e.g. computer – de.DER.de əʊ