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Dr. Marga Vinagre Department of English Studies, UAM Words Stress Dr. Marga Vinagre Department of English Studies, UAM

The nature of stress All stressed syllables are more prominent than unstressed syllables. Four different factors are important: Stressed ayllables are louder than unstressed syllables; (loudness) The length of syllables; If one syllable is longer than the others there is quite a strong tendency to hear it as stressed; The pitch of the syllable: pitch in speech is realted to the frequency of vibration of the vocal cords and to the musical notion of low and high pitched notes; A syllable will tend to be more prominent if it contains a vowel that is different in quality from neighbouring vowels (i.e look at vowels against vowels encountered in weak syllables   ]

Word Stress - Guidelines Please read: Roach Chapter 10 We should ask first: is the word simple, complex or a compound?

Word Stress - Guidelines Simple Complex Compound:

Word Stress - Guidelines Simple : one morpheme: enter, deny, return, cotton, potato Complex Compound

Word Stress - Guidelines Simple : one morpheme: enter, deny, return, cotton, potato Complex : it contains one or more bound morphemes= affixes (prefixes or suffixes): singer, goodness, unlock, capable, conversation or is a compound word Compound

Word Stress - Guidelines Simple : one morpheme: enter, deny, return, cotton, potato Complex: it contains one or more bound morphemes= affixes (prefixes or suffixes): singer, goodness, unlock, capable, conversation or is a compound word Compound: more than one unbound morpheme: greenhouse, handbag, overcast, whitewash

In order to decide on stress placement it is necessary to make use of some or all of the following information: Whether the word is morphological simple or complex; The grammatical category to which the word belong to (N, V, A, etc); The number of syllables in the word; The phonological structure of those syllables.

Word Stress - Guidelines Simple: complicated rules, many exceptions Complex: fairly simple and fixed rules (see Roach) Compound: fairly simple rules, not many exceptions (see Roach)

Word Stress - Guidelines Simple: complicated rules, many exceptions I know of no simple or exceptionless set of rules, but try googling “word stress”: http://oak.ucc.nau.edu/tn24/wordstress/wstresstext.html

1. SIMPLE WORDS We have to consider the following: the phonological structure of the syllable the number of syllables the grammatical category

1. SIMPLE WORDS: Two-Syllable Words (Verbs, Adverbs, Adjectives, Prepositions) Phonological structure: If the second syllable of the word is heavy (ie. contains a long vowel or a diphthong OR ends in more than one consonant) the second syllable is stressed.

1. SIMPLE WORDS

SIMPLE WORDS: Nouns 2-syllable Nouns: If the second syllable contains a short vowel the stress will usually come on the first syllable; otherwise it will be on the second syllable: Money ‘mni Larynx ‘lrks Product ‘prdkt Balloon b’lu:n Estate ’stet Design d’zan

1. SIMPLE WORDS

1. SIMPLE WORDS

1. SIMPLE WORDS 3 Syllables: Nouns & Adjectives If the final syllable contains a short vowel or , it is unstressed; if the syllable preceding this final syllable (penultimate) contains a long vowel or dipthong or ends with more that one consonant that penultimate syllable is stressed. If the final syllable contains a short vowel and the penultimate contains a short vowel and ends with not more than one consonant, the first syllable is stressed.

1. SIMPLE WORDS

2. Complex Words Roach, Chapter 11 Unclear distinction, not always useful legal – illegal lawful – unlawful

2. Complex Words: suffixes stem + affix (prefix, infix, suffix) Is the affix productive (=common, can it be applied to new words) ?

2. Complex Words: suffixes Do not affect the stress pattern Affect the stress pattern Take the stress themselves

2. Complex Words: suffixes Do not affect the stress pattern comfort -able, wonder -ful -age, -al, -en, -ing, -ish, -like, -less, -ly, -ment, -ous, -fy, -wise, -y

2. Complex Words: suffixes Do not affect the stress pattern Affect the stress pattern. attract the stress to the syllable before the suffix photo -graphy, perfect –ion, tranquil –ity -eous, -ious, -ial, -ic, -ive

2. Complex Words: suffixes Do not affect the stress pattern Affect the stress pattern Take the stress themselves refugee, mountaineer, Portuguese, cigarette, picturesque

3. Complex words:compounds General rules: If the first part of the compound is (in a broad sense) adjectival the stress goes on the second element with a secondary stress on the first: ,lad’spi:k ,seknd’kla:s ,bd’tempd ,ri:’wi:l If the first element is a noun (in a broad sense), the stress goes on the first element: ‘taprat ‘k:feri ‘snraz ‘ti:kp

Word-class pairs, p.84-85 abstract [‘bstrkt]A [b’strkt]V conduct [‘kndkt]N [kn’dkt]V contract [‘kntrkt]N [kn’trkt]V contrast [‘kntr:st]N [kn’tr:st]V desert [‘dezt]N [d’z:t]V escort [‘esk:t]N [s’k:t]V export [‘eksp:t]N [k’sp:t]V import [‘mp:t]N [m’p:t]V insult [‘nslt]N [n’slt]V object [‘bdkt]N [b’dekt]

Word-class pairs (II) perfect [‘p:fkt]A [p’fekt]V permit [‘p:mt]N [p’mt]V present [‘prezṇt]N,A [pr’znt] produce [‘prdju:s]N [ pr’dju:s]V protest [‘prtest]N [pr’test]V rebel [‘rebḷ]N [r‘bel] record [‘rek:d]N [r ’k:d]V subject [‘sbdkt]N [sb’dekt]V