Dont get stressed with stress
Phonetics Dont get stressed with stress Weak forms strong forms
Function words: personal pronouns, possessive determines, articles, indefinite pronouns, auxiliary verbs, prepositions, conjunctions Strong: stressed for significance, said on its own, at the end of a sentence Examples: I can come after all Whos it for? You. He was there, but she wasnt. Weak forms strong forms Prominent function words
Contrast Ill leave it on the table. No, put it under the table Last function word There was nothing I could do. Auxiliaries: negative forms (I cant wait), special emphasis (I should have left earlier, We did warn you), contradictions (You havent done that. I have done it), time contrasts (It was there, but it isnt there now.) exercises Exercises Exercise from strong to weak Syllabic consonants Always possible to pronounce //, but usually syllabic consonant more natural/fluent Syllabic /l/ usually after: /t/, /d/, /p/, /b/, /s/, /z/, /k/, /n/ Syllabic /n/ usually after: /t/, /d/, /p/, /s/, /z/, /f/, /v/, //, //, // -sm > usually syllabic /m/ Contracted forms of verbs (didnt, havent shouldnt, wouldnt, etc.) > usually syllabic /n/ Syllabic consonants Suffixes and word stress
What is a suffix? Some suffixes change the stress in a word Suffixes and word stress
What is a suffix? From: vector.me Some suffixes change the stress in a word Suffixes and word stress
The stress doesnt normally change before: -able, -age, -al, -er, -ful, -less, -ness, -ous, -fy, -ative. Exceptions: admire admirable / prefer preferable / medicine medicinal / agriculture - agricultural Stress normally changes before; -ious, -ulous, -eous, -ial, -ic, -ion, -ive, -ity. Examples: miracle miraculous / mystery mysterious / outrage outrageous / instinct - instinctive Some suffixes have main stress themselves: -ee, -eer, -ese, -ette. Examples: absentee / engineer / Japanese / diskette Exercises Exercises Exercises Exercises Suffixes other changes
Change in vowel pronunciation Example: extreme /i:/ - extermity /e/ Change in consonant pronunciation Example: ignite /at/ - ignition //, produce /u:s/ - production /k/ Change in pronunciation and spelling Example: divide /ad/ division //, apply /a/ - applicable // Exercises Next time Prefixes and stress