1. Dogseatmeat Elephantsgobblevegetables

2. Fredstopped Elizabethstarted How many syllables?

3. Fredran Fred has stopped Fred should havestopped by now

4. Fredran Fred has stopped Fred should havestopped by now

5. 'John'loves 'Ann Pe'nelope a'dores'Christopher 'Fred is e'namoured of'Oliver

6. Isochronic sentence stress Stessed syllables in the sentence seem to occur at fairly regular intervals, irrespectively of the number of unstressed syllables between them

7. Where's the book I left on the table? Where's the package I left on the able? Where's the dictionary I left on the table? Where's the cassette I left on the table? Where's thepackage I left on the refrigerator? Where's thepackage I left on the information desk? Where's the book I left on the table? Where's the book I left here? What's thebook like?

8. 1we0z ð0 1buk ai 1left on ð0 1teibL / x / x / x x / x 1we0z ð0 1pækiD ai 1left on ð0 1teibL / x / x / x x / x 1we0z ð0 1dikSNrí ai 1left on ð0 1teibL / x / x x x / x x / x 1we0z ð0 k0 1set ai 1left on ð0 1teibL / x x / x / x x / x 1we0z ð0 ‘1pækiD ai1left on ð0 ri1friD0reit0 / x / x x / x x x / x x x 1we0z ð0 1pækiD ai 1left on ðí inf0 1meiSN 1desk / x / x x / x x x x / x /

9. 1we0z ð0 1buk ai 1left on ð0 1teibL / x / x / x x / x 1we0z ð0 1buk ai 1left 1hi0 / x / x / / 1wots ð0 1buk1laik / x / /

10. Isochronic stress dogs eat meat / / / elephants gobble vegetables / x x / x / x x

11. stress-timed languages syllable-timed languages dogs eat meat / / / elephants gobble vegetables / x x / x / x x les chiens mangent de la viande x x x (x) x x x (x) les éléphants avalent des légumes x x x x x (x) x x x (x )

12. Mary at least has never pretended she could sing

13. ' Mary at least has never pretended she could sing

14. ' Mary at ' least has never pretended she could sing

15. ' Mary at ' least has ' never pretended she could sing

16. ' Mary at ' least has ' never pre ' tended she could sing

17. ' Mary at ' least has ' never pre ' tended she could ' sing

18. 'Mary 'least 'never pre'tended 'sing at has she could

19. 'Mary at 'least has 'never pre'tended she could 'sing

22. Weak and strong vowels again Review 4th-week slide show on Weak and strong VowelsWeak and strong Vowels See web page: http://www.hi.is/~peturk/KENNSLA/02/TO P/weakstrong.html http://www.hi.is/~peturk/KENNSLA/02/TO P/weakstrong.html

23. banana reverse photography accuse Banbury redolent accurate photograph Review:

24. stressed syllables unstressed syllables mainly: all vowels except SCHWA KIT FOOT (all other vowels can occur....) Review:

25. unstressed syllables mainly: SCHWA KIT FOOT (all other vowels can occur....) In any single word, which of these possibilities occurs? Review:

26. return today believe arrive obey arrow opera re-play two days Compare: Review:

27. CLOSE (HIGH BACK FRONT OPEN (LOW) Review:

29. attackoccur decide wanted to know you know accurate kisses purpose Review:

31. attackoccur decide wanted to know you know accurate kisses purpose Review:

32. Sentence stress Which words in the sentence carry stress?

33. Distinguish between: LEXICAL WORDS (content words, open-class items) nouns adjectives adverbs lexical verbs STRUCTURAL WORDS (functional words, closed-class items) prepositions pronouns auxiliary verbs

34. ... and some other places! Further details at http://notendur.hi.is/peturk/KENNSLA/02/Slides/26%20Sentence%20stress%20placment.ppt

35. Four weeks ago, with the finance system in freefall, Grimsson underwent a heart operation. He emerged to make a TV appearance in which he begged his compatriots to forgive him for making what - he could see in retrospect - was a buffoonish spectacle of himself as head of a country now perceived globally as an ostentatious upstart, and by some (such as Gordon Brown) as a debt-defaulting pariah.