word stress

In longer, however, words stress seems to play a more important role.

I shot back, doing a little word stressing of my own.

One aspect of word stress is best treated as a separate issue.

But that is mostly not what they mean when they use the word stress.

Primary word stress, with a few exceptions, is on the first syllable.

Word stress is normally on the first syllable and not distinctive.

"State facts about the girl," spoke the voice, each word stressed in that slow style.

In interviewing, different word stress can cause trouble through the interviewer's misunderstanding.

Also, he was into word stressing, which I find annoying in court, almost whiny.

In the following examples, acute accents show the placement of word stress.

The additive time signature allows for various patterns of word stress.

Word stress is generally on the first syllable of each word.

Affixes will have one of three possible effects on word stress:

As a result, word stress is generally only marked in writing when it falls on the first vowel.

When attached to the word stress, it literally means "good stress".

All words stressed on the antepenult take an accent mark.

Like in English, word stress is realised in terms of loudness.

It is crucial also to notice which syllable carries the word stress: the one with the accent mark.

Word stress in Algonquin is complex but regular.

(We will discuss this factor of word stress later.)

In inflected words stress lies on the last syllable of the verb stem.

Word stress generally falls on the ultimate syllable.

Word stress is not distinctive in French.

Word stress is normally phonologically determined, and rarely distinctive.

The word stresses brought natural variety and contour to the musical line; the consonants became living tools of expression.