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Scienze e tecniche psicologiche a.a.2011-2012

Scienze e tecniche psicologiche a.a.2011-2012. SYLLABLE STRESS. Syllables. (OCD) A unit of pronunciation having one vowel sound, with or without surrounding consonants, and forming all or part of a word. eg. dog = 1 syllable yesterday = 3 syllables

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Scienze e tecniche psicologiche a.a.2011-2012

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  1. Scienze e tecniche psicologiche a.a.2011-2012 SYLLABLE STRESS

  2. Syllables • (OCD) A unit of pronunciation having one vowel sound, with or without surrounding consonants, and forming all or part of a word. eg. dog = 1 syllable yesterday = 3 syllables notification = 5 syllables

  3. Stressed syllables • These are syllables that are said longer, louder and at a higher pitch than the other syllables • MENtal • inTERnal • transLATE • psyCHOlogy

  4. Importance of stress • Proper word stress often MORE IMPORTANT than accent and pronunciation. • DOCtor vs docTOR • FRIday vs FriDAY • Over vs oVER

  5. Two Word Stress Rules 1. One word has only one main stress. 2. The stressed syllable always has a vowel.

  6. Consequences of 2 Rules • 1 word cannot have 2 stresses. • if you hear 2 stresses, you hear 2 words. eg. illiterate vs. ill literate … • (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.)

  7. 2-syllable words – 2 different stresses • LA-la (high-low) … down a step  eg. suitcase project textbook sunset doctor purple • la-LA (low high) … up a step eg. destroy pretend consume project tonight decide

  8. Identify the syllable stress • nature • employ • Oxford • higher • mistake • fatigue • profit

  9. la-LA-la the most common stress pattern for 3-syllable words • toMORRow • poTAto • whatEver • fiNANcial • perCENtage • exTERnal

  10. Practise the stress of 3-syllable words • behaviour • expresses • develop • awareness • belonging • already

  11. 4-syllable word stresses • There are 3 main patterns: • LA-la-la-la • la-LA-la-la • la-la-LA-la

  12. 1. LA-la-la-la • category                • arbitary                • delicacy                • eligible                • preferable                • irritable                • memorable                • testimony               

  13. 2. la-LA-la-la • preoccupied                • appreciate                • enthusiast                • apologize              • similitude                • economize                • orthography                • authority

  14. 3. la-la-LA-la • variation                • circulation                • explanation                • elementary                • demonstration                • cafeteria                • idiotic                • adolescence

  15. Some rules for stress: 2-syllable words 1. stress on first syllable i) most 2-syllable nouns eg. PRESent, EXport, CONtract, OBject ii) most 2-syllable adjectives eg. PRESent, SLENder, CLEVer, HAPpy 2. stress on last syllable i) most 2-syllable verbs eg. to preSENT, to exPORT, to conTRACT, to obJECT

  16. Rules for penultimate syllable stress (second from end) 1. Words ending in –ic eg. GRAPHic, geoGRAPHic, geoLOGic 2. Words ending in -sion and –tion eg. memoriZAtion, reveLAtion

  17. Rules for stress on ante-preultimate syllable (third from end) 1. Words ending in -cy, -ty, -phy and –gy eg. deMOcracy, dependaBIlity, phoTOgraphy, geOLogy 2. Words ending in –al eg. CRItical, geoLOGical

  18. Stress rules for Compound Words 1. For compound nouns stress on the first part eg. BLACKberry, GREENhouse, OVERdose 2. For compound adjectives, stress on first part of the second part eg. bad-TEMpered, old-FASHioned 3. For compound verbs, stress on the second part eg. to underSTAND, to overDOSE

  19. Dictionary help object (n) ‘ɐbdzɛkt vs. to object (v) əb’dzɛkt present (n.+adj.) ‘prɛz(ə)nt vs. to present(v) prɪ’zɛnt

  20. And now let’s do some reading practice concentrating on word stress

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