Selfstudy National University of Uzbekistan Faculty of foreign Philology phonetics theme: Stress in compound words/Stress in longer words

car door-OO). Stress in compound verbs and adjectives

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Classification of English Consonants. LECTURE 3

Stress in longer words (1st part)
Stress in longer words (2nd part)

car door-OO).

Stress in compound verbs and adjectives

The compound verbs are stressed on the second word in compound.

For example: outsmart(oO),overdue(ooO);

Stronger stress usually falls on the second component of two-word compound adjectives.

For example: Dark-green(oO),Light-brown(oO), good-looking(oOo),snow-white(oO).

Oo compound word	OO adjective and noun
We keep these plants in greenhouse during the winter months.	Mr Olsen lives in a small,green house next to the river.
OO compound word	OO noun and verb
I saw her bus pass.	I saw her bus pass.

Sometimes a compound word looks the same as:

a normal adjective and noun
a normal noun and verb

But the pronunciation is different!

Stress in longer words (1st part)

We can build longer words by adding parts to the beginning or end of shorter words. Usually this doesn’t change the stress: it stays on the same syllable as in the original word.

	for	get
	for	get	ful
	for	get	ful	ness
	for	gett	a	ble
un	for	gett	a	ble

The list of beginnings and endings that don’t change the stress of the shorter words
-able(drinkable)
-al(musical)
-er(player)
-ful(helpful)
-hood(childhood)
-ing(boring)
-in/I’m(impossible)
-ise(civilise)
-ish(childish)
-less(childless)
-ly(friendly)
-ment(employment)
-ness(happiness)
-ship(friendship)
un-(unhappy)
under-(underpay)
HOWEVER,some endings do change the stress in the shorter word

For example,look how ending –ion change the stress in the word isolate and meditate:

i	so	late
i	so	la	tion

me	di	tate
me	di	ta	tion

When we add the endings –ion or –ian the stress always moves to the syllable before these endings. Here I’m going to show more examples:

dec	o	rate
dec	o	ra	tion

e	lec	tric
e	lec	tri	cian

co	mmu	ni	cate
co	mmu	ni	ca	tion

mu	sic
mu	si	cian

The ending –ic also moves the stress( as endings –ion/-ian) to the syllable before it. Here,you can see some examples.

scientist
economy
artist
atom

scientific
economic
artistic
atomic
Let’s see another example!
The ending –al does not change the stress of the word,so,for example,the stress is on the same syllable in these two words:

economic-economical
politic-political
statistic-statistical
optimistic-optimistical

Stress in longer words (2nd part)

There are many longer word endings where the last letter is –y. And in words with these ending,the stress is placed on the syllable two from the end. Let’s see some examples:

public-publicity
national-nationality
person-personality
chemist-chemistry

If we add the ending –ic to a word,the stress goes on the syllable before –ic. You can notice the change of stress,for example:

photograph-photographic

REMEMBER! In words for experts in any spheres/subjects,such as photographer or climotologist, the stress stays on the same syllable as in the word ending in –y

photography-photographer
climatology-climatologist

–y

–ics. Let’s see some examples.

Unfortunately,I’m bad at physics,chemistry and biology.
I wasn’t good at mathematics before courses.
Marta would like to study history,geology and geography.
She refused to attend economics courses.
In the future John will study philosophy.

Thank you for attention:))

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