STRESS - INTRODUCTION

1)    Word stress

2)    Sentence stress

1.    Word stress

a)         English has  tonic stress,  but NOT orthographic accent.

b)         Words of Latin origin stress differently:

c)       Stress changes MEANING: nouns are stressed on the first syllable;

                                      verbs are stressed on the second syllable

 d) Stress and pronunciation vary in derived words:

 e)        Unstressed syllables are often pronounced [ə]

 f)        Auxiliary and Modal verbs use weak forms.

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[1]  dessert  [di’zә :t]  = sweet