martes, 1 de noviembre de 2016

STRESS - INTRODUCCIÓN

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]  = postre

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