Stress in simple words -2-

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Stress in simple words -2-

• Sunday.03.31
• Week 9

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Information that helps to decide on the placement
of stress

1. Whether the word is morphologically simple or
   complex.
2. The grammatical category of the word.
3. The number of syllables.
4. The phonological structure of the word.

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The Phonological structure of a strong syllable
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Examples

• A syllable peak with a long vowel or diphthong
• see /si/
• die /daI/
• A syllable peak which is a short vowel followed
  by at least one consonant
• pull /p?l/
• bat /bæt/

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The Phonological structure of a weak syllable
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Two syllable words

• Generally, verbs tend to be stressed by the end
  of a syllable.
• Nouns tend to be stressed at the beginning.

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Verbs and Adjectives

• Verbs
• The 1st syllable is stressed in the following
  examples
• enter open
• The 1st syllable is also stressed when the final
  syllable contains /?? / as in..
• follow and borrow
• If the final syllable is strong, then that
  syllable is stressed even if the 1st is also
  strong..
• Apply /?plaI/ rotate /r??teIt/

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Adjectives
Follow the same rule as verbs Alive
/?laIv/ Correct /k?rekt/
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Nouns
Stress will fall on the 1st syllable. Money
/m?ni/ Unless the 1st syllable is weak, then
stress will fall on the final syllable Divan
/dIvæn/ Balloon /b?lun/