LLCM20AN English Phonetics 4. Stress placement: word

All appear to consist of prefix + stem. • Noun or adjective: 'O o. • Verb: o 'O. Roach (1991). 7/04/2008 T. Kamiyama. LLCM20AN English Phonetics 2007-2008 ...
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4. Stress placement: word-class pairs

LLCM20AN English Phonetics Week 10: Stress placement II (stress in complex words: continued) T. Kamiyama, Université de Marne-la-Vallée 2007-2008

Noun or adjective / verb pairs

Noun or adjective / verb pairs

• There are several dozen pairs of two-syllable words with identical spelling which differ from each other in stress placement, apparently according to word class (noun, verb or adjective). All appear to consist of prefix + stem. • Noun or adjective: 'O o • Verb: o 'O 7/04/2008 T. Kamiyama

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Noun or adjective / verb pairs Exceptions • ‘answer’ (n., v.) /!"#ns$/ • ‘picture’ (n., v.) /!p%kt&$/ • ‘promise’ (n., v.) /!pr'm%s/ • ‘reply’ (n., v.) /r%!pla%/ • ‘travel’ (n., v.) /!trævl(/ • ‘visit’ (n., v.) /!v%z%t/ 7/04/2008 T. Kamiyama

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