Stress Patterns in English Words
stress patterns in English words, from monosyllabic to polysyllabic words, and learn about different stress patterns such as Pattern A, Pattern B, and more. Discover the concept of stress shift and primary versus secondary stress in sentences. Avoid errors like misplaced stress and overstress for accurate pronunciation. Enhance your English language skills by understanding stress placement in words.
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STRESS K. Nisha Assistant Professor Department of English Jamal Mohamed College Trichy-20
STREES IN ENGLISH. Stress - It is the emphasis laid on a particular syllable of a word with the help of the reinforced puff . Word have more than one syllable ,one syllable is always said with greater force. eg: trainer. Trai recieves reinforced puff. ner recieves normal force. MONOSYLLABIC WORD: tin,pin,kit,mat. POLYSYLLABIC WORD: en-rich, con-firm,al-ready.
Stress pattern: PATTERN A : LISten, Import,BROken PATTERN B: SYMphony,Barricade,Artisan,OPtImist. PATTERN C : Words ending with suffixes ic, -ive, -cial, -cious, -tions recieves the stress on the second syllable from the end SymBOlic, deTECtive,nationaLIzation. PATTERN D : Words ending with acy, -ary, -ator, -mony, -ory receive stress on fourth syllable from the end. GLAdiator, January,Category,Ceremony. PATTERN E : Worsds ending with the foreign sound endings esque,
STRESS SHIFT *Stress shift means the change of the position of the stress within a word when it's class differs For example The noun - 'photograph' receives the stress on the first syllable. - ( 'photograph ) but the adjective form of that noun photographic receives the stress on third syllable (photo'graphic)
STRESS - A note of caution Two types of errors: 1.Misplaced Strss 2.Overstress
Primary and Secondary Stress PRIMARY STRESS: In a sentence,the word that is the most important for meaning receives 'Primary stress' SECONDARY STRESS: The remaining words receive secondary stress. Example: "How can I even forget it?"
