Secondary stress is the weaker of two degrees of stress in the pronunciation of a word; the stronger degree of stress is called 'primary'. The International Phonetic Alphabet symbol for secondary stress is a short vertical line preceding and at the foot of the stressed syllable: proˌnunciˈation. Another tradition in English is to assign acute and grave accents for primary and secondary stress: pronùnciátion

Word Stress Primary Stress In English, the syllables of words differ in prominence. In polysyllabic words (words of more than one syllable), one of the syllables always has a greater degree of prominence than any other syllable. The syllable of greatest prominence is known as the primary stressed syllable, or the syllable that carries primary stress. The primary stressed syllable can be marked by placing a ˈ mark in the following way

Primary stress aˈpart part deˈfine fine ˈpattern pat ˈmetal met   Primary stress aˈpart part deˈfine fine ˈpattern pat ˈmetal met ˈpamela pam ˈimpudent im ˈmiserable mis phoˈnetics net

Many words have two stresses, one primary and one secondary. Secondary stress Many words have two stresses, one primary and one secondary. The secondary stress can be marked by placing a diacritic before the syllable which has secondary stress:

Secondary Primary ˌacaˈdemic ac dem aˌpoloˈɡetic pol get ˌecoˈnomic ec nom ˌexplaˈnation ex nat deˌlibeˈration lib rat enˌvironˈmental vir ment ˌɡeneˈrosity gen ros pheˌnomeˈnoloɡy nol ˌrhodoˈdendron rho den

Exercise Primary and secondary stress Mark primary stress using and any secondary stressed or unreduced syllables using .. Example: economic Answer: ˈecoˌnomic (i) accommodation (ii) certainty (iii) orthodox (iv) fanatical (v) greenhouse (vi) methodical (vii) unbelievable (viii) Adelaide

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ENergy Operate Organize Three Syllable - First Syllable Stressed ENergy Operate Organize Three Syllable - Second Syllable Stressed meMORial aSSUMPtion caNAdian

Three Syllable - Third Syllable Stressed employEE japanESE voluntEER Four Syllable - Second Syllable Stressed psyCHOLogy eVAporate cerTIficate

Four Syllable - Third Syllable Stressed poliTIcian indiVIdual repuTAtion

LISTEN AND WRITE DOWN THE STRESS PATTERNS 1.- come here 2.-look inside 3.-at breakfast 4.-hurry up 5.-a very good book 6.-he lent me one 7.-show me the way 8.-a long time ago 9.-I think it is 10.-a walk in the park 11.-I never have a cold 12.-he drank it all up

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