STRESS

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STRESS

• Honeylyn Salvador

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STRESS

• - is the relative force or prominence given to a
  syllable or word
• - Usually associated with pitch or the highness
  or lowness of a tone, length of sound and
  duration, and volume or loudness.
• English is a stress-timed language. This means
  that any word, phrase ore sentence spoken in the
  language has stress and intonation that carry the
  rhythm of an utterance. Both stress and
  intonation must be mastered to achieve effective
  communication between speaker and listener.

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Three levels of Stress 1. strong / / 2.
medium / / 3. weak / ? / To pronounce a
syllable with strong stress 1. use pitch level 3
or high 2. speak with a loud voice 3. make the
sound long To produce a syllable with medium
stress 1. speak with less volume 2. use a lower
pitch 3. make the sound shorter
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To say an unstressed syllable 1. speak with
little volume 2. use a low pitch 3. say the
syllable lightly and quickly 4. give the vowel
either an / ? / or an / I / sound The study of
stress is focused on three levels word, phrase
and sentence.
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WORD STRESS

• A. Words with primary stress on the first
  syllable
• ádmirable category
• állegory characterize
• állergy éligible
• ámiable fórmidable
• B. Words with primary stress on the second
  syllable
• admìnistrator dispénsary
• guitárist dióxide
• estáblish cartóon
• Chinése inévitable

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C. Words with primary stress on the third
syllable aborìgines carousél avarìcious
convaléscent violìn magazìne resumé
Japanése D. Words with primary stress on
the fourth syllable abbreviátion enunciátion
evacuátion melodramátic dramatizátion
negotiátion superimpóse monosyllábic
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E. Intensive- reflexive pronouns receive primary
stress on self. yoursélf themsélves
oursélves hersélf itsélf F. Compound
Nouns are two or more individual words used
together as one with a meaning different from
that of the individual components and which
together, function as a noun.dáybreak wéekend
cásh registers bóokstore swéetheart
éditor-in-chief
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G. Compound Verbs a. Verbs that are made of two
components, usually a preposition or an adverb
and a main verb are called compound words. Such
combinations are written as one word and be
primary stress on the second component and
secondary stress on the firs component. Thus we
say undergó offsét counteráct underbíd
overthrów uphóld
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b. When the two components are written separately
with the verb coming before the preposition or
adverb is called a two-word verb. look ?p pick
óut peddle óff use ?p There are some
two-word verbs, however, which have the strong
stress on the first component as in the ff Cáll
on lísten to lóok for wáit on
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H. Compound Adjectives- carry the strong stress
on the first component when they stand alone.
When they are use in the modification structure,
however, the strong stress falls on the noun
component. héll-for-leather hell-for-leather
dríver hérky-jerky herky-jerky gáit
Créstfallen crestfallen bállplayers oréy-eyed
orey-eyed b?ll ín-your-face in-your-face gáme
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SENTENCE STRESS

• 1. Wômen lôve shópping.
• Some wômen lôve shópping.
• A number of wômen lôve shópping.
• A great number of wômen lôve shópping.
• A very great number of wômen lôve shópping.
• 2. Give him a pérmit.
• You gîve him a pérmit.
• You will gîve him a pérmit.
• You have gîven him a pérmit
• You should have gîven him a pérmit

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3. The chôir is practicing for the cóncert. 4.
Whêre are you dîning toníght? 5. English is the
lîngua franca of the wórld.