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Word stress

Stress Based on loudness/intonation: a stressed syllable is louder than an unstressed syllable We can stress only vowels Degrees of stress: Primary or main stress Secondary stress Zero stress (‘ve(h)icle): reduced vowel (ɪ, ʊ, ǝ) Tertiary (minor) stress: unreduced vowel

Using these codes where would you put the primary and secondary stress in these words? Example: 3 3

Answers 3 3 3 3

Stress on first syllable Most 2-syllable nouns (‘present, ‘export, ‘China, ‘table) Most 2-syllable adjectives (‘present, ‘slender, ‘clever, ‘happy)

Stress on the last syllable Most 2-syllable verbs (to pre’sent, to ex’port, to de’cide, to be’gin

‘Refuse (n)  (v) ‘Present (n)  (v) ‘Minute (n)  (adj) There are many two-syllable words in English whose meaning and class change with a change in stress. ‘Refuse (n)  (v) ‘Present (n)  (v) ‘Minute (n)  (adj) ‘Desert (n)  (v) ‘Content (n)  (adj) ‘Object (n)  (adj) ‘Contract (n)  (v)

Answers re’fuse (v) pre’sent (v) min’ute (adj) de’sert (v) con’tent (adj) ob’ject (adj) con’tract (v)