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This document discusses rules of word stress in English. It notes that English words typically only have one main stress, usually on a vowel, and provides examples of the two main rules: 1) most two-syllable nouns are stressed on the first syllable, and 2) most two-syllable verbs are stressed on the second syllable. It also gives examples of how the meaning and class of some two-syllable words changes depending on whether they are stressed on the first or second syllable.
This document discusses rules of word stress in English. It notes that English words typically only have one main stress, usually on a vowel, and provides examples of the two main rules: 1) most two-syllable nouns are stressed on the first syllable, and 2) most two-syllable verbs are stressed on the second syllable. It also gives examples of how the meaning and class of some two-syllable words changes depending on whether they are stressed on the first or second syllable.
This document discusses rules of word stress in English. It notes that English words typically only have one main stress, usually on a vowel, and provides examples of the two main rules: 1) most two-syllable nouns are stressed on the first syllable, and 2) most two-syllable verbs are stressed on the second syllable. It also gives examples of how the meaning and class of some two-syllable words changes depending on whether they are stressed on the first or second syllable.
Rules of Word Stress in English One word has only one stress. (One word cannot have two stresses. If you hear two stresses, you hear two words. It is true that there can be a "secondary" stress in some words. But a secondary stress is much smaller than the main (primary) stress, and is only used in long words.) We can only stress vowels, not consonants Rule 1: Stress on the first syllable Rule Example Most 2-syllable nouns PRESent, EXport, CHIna, Table
Most 2-syllable adjectives PRESent, SLENder, CLEVer,
HAPpy Rule 2: Stress on the last syllable Rule Example
Most 2-syllable verbs to preSENT, to exPORT, to
deCIDE, to beGIN There are many two-syllable words in English whose meaning and class change with a change in stress. For examples:
Two-syllable Verbs Noun / Adjectives
words Present /przent/ /preznt/ (N) & (Adj)
Record /rk:d/ /rek:d/ (N)
Export /ksp:t /eksp:t (N)
Import /mp:t/ /mp:t/ (N)
Contract /kntrkt/ /kntrkt/ (N)
Object /bdekt/ /bdkt/ (N)
Normally, when the words function as verbs, the stress is on the second syllable and the stress is on the first syllable for nouns. For certain words like present, the stress is also on the first syllable when it functions as an adjective