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ENGLISH WORD-STRESS
Bekim BEJT A
THE SOLUTION TO
ENGLISH WORD-STRESS
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cg L'Harmattan, 2003
ISBN: 2-7475-4775-2
Louange Allah,
la Lumire des cieux et de la terre,
qui a enseign par la plume
a enseign l'homme ce qu'il ne savait pas.
PREFACE
WORD-STRESS
Word-stress means that one syllable is accentuated within a word (main
stress [I] ; secondary stress [I])'
Word-stress in English
There are two main types of word-stress in English. Both of them are based
on Latin stress.
Position of the stress in Latin
Long vowel (i, , etc.) ; short vowel (a, e, etc.).
In Latin, stress falls on the penultimate or antepenultimate syllable.
Stress falls on the penultimate syllable:
- if it contains a long vowel, e.g.
apparens
decorum
panaca
- if it contains
alauda
a diphthong, e.g.
thesaurus
althaea
- if
- if the penultimate
be'nevolent
sponltaneous
cenl sorious
spontaneus
censorlus
con'spicuous
consplcuus
ci 'tation
cltatl0
ve'locity
velocltas
benevolens
'ultima
ultIma
e1pitome
epItome
'solidi
soI1di
am'brosia
ambrosIa
,collec'tanea
collectanea
Ipana1cea
panacea
e'meritus
emerItus
de'tritus
detrtus
Derivational stress
If the last syllable of the Latin ending (e.g. -tudo) has disappeared in English
(-tude), the stress pattern of sollicitude follows the pattern of the Latin word
soficltus from which is derived soficltdo. This is derivational stress.
Examples:
,appre'hensible from Latin apprehendo > (apprehenslbllis)
'eligible from Latin efigo > (efiglbllis)
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