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Word and sentencestress
Which of the following words has the stress on the first syllable
•Biologist•Photographer•Psychiatrist• Secretary
Which word sounds different?
•Debt • Fret • Treat• sweat
Which word sounds different?
•Mother•Bother•Brother•Another
Which word sounds different?
•Hot •Knot•Taught•What
Which word does not rhyme with the others
• Through• Sew• Due• Do
Which 2-syllable word has a different stress pattern from the others?
•a) police•b) mother•c) student•d) money
Which 2-syllable word has a different stress pattern from the others?
• a) career• b) shampoo• c) balloon• d) problem
Which 3-syllable word has a different stress pattern from the others?
• a) cinema• b) Saturday• c) umbrella• d) manager
Which 3-syllable word has a different stress pattern from the others?
• a) potato•b) paragraph• c) computer•d) professor
Which of these adjectives beginning with ‘un’ or ‘in’ has the stress on the final syllable?
• a) informal• b) unhappy• c) unfriendly• d) unemployed
Underline the stressed syllable • Economic• Economy• Democracy• Volunteer• Acquisition• Acquire• Verification• Recognizable• Necessary• Exception
• Contagious• Delicious• Ecological• Relevant• Unfortunately• Accuracy• Category• Comfortable• Literature • Subsequent
In which sentence does the speaker want to tell us that John’s car is not second hand?
• a) John’s bought a new car.• b) John’s bought a new car.• c) John’s bought a new car.• d) John’s bought a new car.
Accurate- Educate- Advocate- Associate- accumulate- adequate- activate- appropriate- complicate- separate
• This is an accurate account of what took place• What complicates matters is that nobody
showed up• That film is not appropriate for children• You cannot appropriate the money of the
government• Charles is an associate member of this
department
Register-Record-Upset-Project-Control- protest- subject- present
• They are conducting a science project• Before the meeting, you have to register first.• The equipment is out of control• A protest was held by the company against
animal testing• This offer is subjected to the approval of the
board
Word Stress
Qualify banana understand
Ooo oOo ooO
SyllabusSubstituteTechnical
EngagementBananaphonetic
UsheretteKangaroounderstand
Key Rules
• Schwa is by nature an unstressed sound, never appears within a stressed syllable
• We can only stress vowels not consonants
Sentence stress
• Isochrony is the idea that a language rhythmically divides time into equal portions. Three types of divisions are postulated:
• the temporal duration between two stressed syllables is equal (stress-timed);
• The duration of every syllable is equal (syllable-timed);
• the duration of every mora is equal (mora-timed).
Sentence stress
• He LIVES in the HOUSE on the CORner
Content words: conveying important information
Function words: hold language togetherTonic syllable: Corner: most important wordLonger, louder, main pitch
• Where did you say John lives?• He lives in the house on the corner• John lives in the block of flats on the corner,
doesn’t he?• No, he lives in the house on the corner
Sentence meaning
I love you (…and I want you to know this)I love you (I don’t love her)I love you (He doesn’t)
Oo Ooo oOo Oooo ooOo
Plumber- electrician- doctor- journalist- musician- shop- assistant- teacher- soldier- novelist- architect- carpenter- actpr- policeman- fireman- lecturer- florist- businessman- artist- farmer- scientist-
researcher- gardener-designer
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