LEVELS OF STRESS

BY: MUHAMMAD FAZLI BIN MOHD DIAH : AHMAD ELYAS BIN ISMAIL

LEVELS OF STRESS
Many

levels of stress depending on the length of the word. (not just confined to two or three levels) - the word around on the second syllable the pitch of the voice does not remain level but falls from a higher to a lower pitch (trans 1) - the prominence from this pitch transition is called primary stress (Roach) primary accentuation (Gimson) - secondary stress weaker than primary stress but stronger than than an unstressed syllable. examination , photographic,

STRESS WITHIN THE WORD:

at words said in isolation (a rather artificial situation except for - yes`, no, possibly, please, who?, what?) In a two-syllable word, e.g. around, the stress always falls on the final syllable while the first syllable is weak / 'ra nd/
Looking

TWO-LEVEL ANALYSIS:

Distinction between stressed and unstressed syllables with no intermediate levels BUT We have to recognise one or more INTERMEDIATE LEVELS.

CHANGE OF PITCH
On the second syllable the pitch of voice does not remain level, but rather falls from a higher to a lower pitch. This is the strongest type of stress called primary stress

SECONDARY STRESS
In

certain words there are patterns of stress weaker than primary stress but stronger than that of the first syllable of around, e.g. in photographic anthropology It is called secondary stress and implies a third level which is the unstressed

UNSTRESSED SYLLABLES
The

unstressed level is regarded as the absence of any recognisable prominence

Tertiary stress
It

is possible in longer words to find another level of stress, e.g. in indivisibility / nd v s 'b l t /