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Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Course:
21G.223 | Listening, Speaking, and Pronunciation
Academic year:

2021
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435

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5
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algumlimitative

Word Stress " What is stress? -volume -pitch -length -vowel quality Levels of stress -strongly stressed (primary) -lightly stressed (secondary) -unstressed (weak or no) e.g. Japanese JAPanESE • Japanese • • l.d3~ p a'n i yzl Compare stress patterns: French economique English economic 1 organisation organization Where is the stress? 2-SYllABlE WORDS-usually on the first syllable ., -.. -German origin: MOTHer WATer WISdom -latin origin-tendency to move stress to 1st syllable: MUSic GRAMmar REAson NOTE: Even stronger tendency in British English BAL-Ietlbal-LET GAR-age/ga-RAGE BUT: conTAIN beLIEF dePEND WHY? PREFIXES -German origin: a-, be-, for-, fore-, mis-, out-, over-, un-, under-, up-, withVerbs-stressed on base/root unTIE outRUN overDO underSTAND Nouns-stressed on prefix FOREsight OUTcome Overdose UNderwear Compare: There was an Overload of electricity on the circuit. Don't overlOAD the circuit! 2 -Latinate origin . (a d- , com- , de- , dis- , ex- , en- , In- , p .~r-, pre-, pro-, re-, sub-, sur-) verb (stress on base) comPLAIN exTEND disPLAY proTECT reTURN noun (also often on base) comPLAINT exTENsion disPLAY proTECtion reTURN Part-of-speech alternations: 2-syllable noun/verb pairs (p. 264): NOUN PROJect RECord INcrease CONflict OBject -ate endings NOUN/ADJ. graduate separate fortunate ob-, VERB proJECT reCORD inCREASE conFLICT obJECT VERB graduate separate educate 3 SUFFIXES 1. no effect on stress placement; stress remains on base/root 2. -hood -ship -f uI -er/or NEIGHborhood relAtionship WONderful EDucator -dom -ness -able KINGdom apPROpriateness underSTANDable suffix receives the stress -a i re -ee questionNAIRE (millionaire) granTEE -eer -ese pioNEER LebaNESE -esque -ique picturESQUE uNIQUE 4 -eur -oon chaufFEUR carTOON -ette -et casSETTE (cigarette) bouQUET 3. Suffix causes the stress to move to the syllable preceding it -eous COURage -graphy TElegraph telEGraphy -iaI SEquence seQUENtial • couRAgeous an MAGic maGICian c PERiod periODic -ic aI biOlogy biolOGical -IOUS MYStery mySTERious -itY PUBlic puBLiCity ORganize organiZAtion -I • -I • • -10 n '-- 5