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Word Stress - Guidelines: - Read: Roach Chapter 10
Word Stress - Guidelines: - Read: Roach Chapter 10
Complex
Compound:
Word Stress - Guidelines
Simple : one morpheme: enter, deny,
return, cotton, potato
Complex
Compound
Word Stress - Guidelines
Simple : one morpheme: enter, deny,
return, cotton, potato
Complex : bound or unbound stem with
bound morphemes (affixes: prefixes or
suffixes): singer, goodness, unlock,
capable, conversation
Compound
Word Stress - Guidelines
Simple : one morpheme: enter, deny,
return, cotton, potato
Complex : bound or unbound stem with
bound morphemes (affixes: prefixes or
suffixes): singer, goodness, unlock,
capable, conversation
Compound: more than one unbound
morpheme: greenhouse, handbag,
overcast, whitewash
Word Stress - Guidelines
Simple: complicated rules, many
exceptions
• http://oak.ucc.nau.edu/tn24/wordstress/wstresst
ext.html
• http
://www.teachingenglish.org.uk/think/pron/word_s
tress.shtml
1. SIMPLE WORDS
We have to consider the following:
A 'heavy' syllable
• contains a long (tense) vowel or a diphthong
OR
• ends in more than one consonant.