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English word stress

English word stress. Prepared By: Mr. Emad M. Hamdouna M.A. in Linguistics. Suffixes that do not affect stress placement. able: ‘comfort ‘comfortable age: ‘anchor ‘anchorage Al-/ en-/ ful-/ ing-/ ish- Like: bird birdlike Ment: punish punishment Ness: yellow yellowness.

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English word stress

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  1. English word stress Prepared By: Mr. Emad M. Hamdouna M.A. in Linguistics

  2. Suffixes that do not affect stress placement • able: ‘comfort ‘comfortable • age: ‘anchor ‘anchorage • Al-/ en-/ ful-/ ing-/ ish- • Like: bird birdlike • Ment: punish punishment • Ness: yellow yellowness

  3. Stress Replacement • Suffixes: • Suffixes carrying primary stress themselves “ain” (for-verbs only) Entertain Ascertain “ee” Refugee Evacuee

  4. Prefixes • There is no of one or two syllables that always carries primary stress. • Words with prefixes will be treated as words without prefixes.

  5. Compound words • Compound with an adjectival first element and the –ed morpheme at the end have stress in the second element. • Bad- ‘tempered • Half- ‘timbered • Heavy- ‘handed

  6. Suffixes that influence stress in the stem • Eous: advantage advantageous • Graphy: photo photography • Ty: tranquil tranquility

  7. “eer” • Mountaineer volunteer • “ese” • Portuguese journalese • “ette” • Cigarette launderette • “Esque” –’ique’ • Picturesque Unique

  8. Word-class paris • Words that can be either nouns, adjectives or verbs, depending on the stress • ‘Abstract (n) Ab’stract (v) • ‘Import (n) im’port (v) • ‘Perfect (a) Per’fect (v)

  9. Compounds in which the first element is a number in some form also tend to have final stress • Three- ‘wheeler • Second- ‘class • Five- ‘finger

  10. Compounds functioning as adverbs are usually final-stress • Head- 'first • North- 'east • Down 'stream

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