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Understanding Word Accent in English Communication

Learn about word accent (stress) in English communication and its critical role. Explore standard accent patterns and rules for stressing syllables. Discover how accent varies based on word type and usage.

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Understanding Word Accent in English Communication

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  1. Dr. B.N. Waghmare Department of English Balaghat Shikshan Sansta’s Yeshwantrao Chavan College, Tuljapur Dist. Osmanabad.

  2. Word Accent • Word accent is also called word stress. • It plays a critical role in communication. • English is spoken all over the world. • It has a large number of accents .

  3. Standard Pattern of Accent • The standard pattern of accent is called R.P. • What is ‘R.P.’? • ‘R.P.’ means the received pronunciation all over the world. • For learning pronunciation R.P. is recommended as a model. • Accent depends on the number of syllables in a word. • Accent also depends on the type of words, if it is used as noun or verb etc.

  4. Prominent Syllable • Words are of one syllable or more than one syllables. • One of them (syllables) is the most prominent than the other syllable or syllables. • The greater prominence may be due to the accent(stress) or due to a greater breath force.

  5. Accents in the word ‘Examination’ There are five syllables in this word -

  6. Monosyllabic and Polysyllabic words • The most prominent syllable in a word is stressed or accented. • In each word there may be prominent syllable. • The word accent in English is not fixed. • There are some rules for word stress patterns in English.

  7. The rules of stressing syllables. Word accent rule 1

  8. Word accent rule 2

  9. Word accent rule 3

  10. Word accent rule 4 • The derivational suffixes like • age- • ance- • en- • er- • ess- • ful- • hood- • ice- • ish- • ive- • less- • ly- • ment- • ness- • or- • ship- • ter- • ure- • and zen do not normally affect the stress.

  11. Word accent rule 5Accent depends upon whether the words are used as noun/adjective or as verb -

  12. Word accent rule 6

  13. Word accent rule 7

  14. Word accent rule 8 Words ending with ion have the stress on the last but one syllable.

  15. Word accent rule 9

  16. Conclusion Thus, word accent or word stress means different varieties of language. The stress or accent is given on a prominent syllable in a word. Stress depends on the type of the word also. It means if the word is used in a sentence as a noun, as an adjective or as a verb.

  17. THANK YOU !

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