WORD STRESS (answers to gapped text)

5. 3. 2017

FO2BE SS15/16 (NSK): WORD STRESS (answers to gapped text)

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F02BE Phonetics and Phonology SS 2016/2017 (NSK)

WORD STRESS

English word stress is free, which means it is not tied to any particular position
in the word – unlike Czech, where the stress is always on the first SYLLABLE.
However,  English  stress  is  fixed  in  the  sense  that  each  word  has  a  regular
stress pattern, ie the stress fal s on a particular syl able of a given word.

Thus  in  English,  the  stress  fal s  regularly  on  the  FIRST  syl able  of  the  words
finish, answer, afterwards; on the SECOND syl able in behind, result, together,
impossible;  on  the  THIRD  in  understand,  education;  on  the  FOURTH  in
articulation, qualification immunisation.

In  most  English  words  there  is  only  one  main  stress,  but  it  may  be
accompanied by secondary stress in polysyllabic words. These are words of
more than ONE syl able. (eg examiˡnation, photoˡgraphic).

There  are  many  pairs  of  words  with  identical  spel ing  but  one  is  a  noun  or
adjective and the other is a verb. The stress is usual y on the FIRST syl able of
the noun or adjective and on the SECOND in the verb

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STRESS
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Stress ­
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