The stressed and unstressed words are
commonly determined by the following factors:
1. The
value of the vowels in the words.
There are two English vowels which occur in weak-stressed syllables,
namely /ə/ and /i/.
Word
desert
|
Noun
/`dezət/
|
Verb
/di`zз:t/
|
2. Some
suffixes are always stressed in English, and when they are suffixed to the
words they move their stress to the syllable before them
-ation
|
pro`nunce
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pronunci`ation
|
pro`liferate
|
prolife`ration
|
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co'mmunicate
|
communi`cation
|
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in`vestigate
|
investi`gation
|
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in`vigilate
|
invigi`lation
|
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segregate
|
segregation
|
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re`cite
|
reci`tation
|
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in`form
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infor`mation
|
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`decorate
|
deco`ration
|
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ex`claim
|
excla`mation
|
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de`nationalize
|
denationali`zation
|
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orga`nize
|
organi`zation
|
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ob`serve
|
obser`vation
|
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inter`pret
|
interpre`tation
|
|
-itious
|
am`bitious
|
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super`stitious
|
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-icious
|
su`spicion
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sus`picious
|
ju`dicious
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-acious
|
‘fallacy
|
fall‘acious
|
-ition
|
ex`pose
|
expo`sition
|
`definite
|
defi`nition
|
|
predi`spose
|
predispo`sition
|
|
-ician
|
`comedy
|
co`median
|
`politic
|
poli`tician
|
|
-itious
|
am`bitious
|
|
super`stitious
|
||
-icious
|
su`spicion
|
sus`picious
|
ju`dicious
|
||
-acious
|
‘fallacy
|
fall‘acious
|
-ition
|
ex`pose
|
expo`sition
|
`definite
|
defi`nition
|
|
predi`spose
|
predispo`sition
|
|
-ician
|
`comedy
|
co`median
|
3. Some
suffixes are unstressed, but the syllable before the suffix is always stressed.
-ity
|
`able
|
a`bility
|
`active
|
ac`tivity
|
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`formal
|
for`mality
|
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`rapid
|
`rapidity
|
|
real
|
re`ality
|
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`public
|
pu`blicity
|
|
`humid
|
hu`midity
|
|
-ic
|
a`cademy
|
aca`demic
|
`energy
|
e`nergetic
|
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-ify
|
`classify
|
|
`terrify
|
||
hu`midify
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4. Words
of the two syllables which can be nouns or verbs. Nouns of two syllables
usually have the stress on the first syllable while verbs in the second.
No
|
Word
|
Noun
|
Verb
|
1
|
present
|
/`preznt/
|
/pri`zent/
|
2
|
export
|
/`ekspɔ:t/
|
/Ik`spɔ:t/
|
3
|
impact
|
/`Impækt/
|
/Im`pækt/
|
4
|
import
|
/`Impɔ:t/
|
/Im`pɔ:t/
|
5
|
imprint
|
/`Imprint/
|
/Im`print/
|
6
|
incense
|
/`Insens/
|
/In`sens/
|
7
|
incline
|
/`InklaIn/
|
/In`klaIn/
|
8
|
increase
|
/`Iŋkri:s/
|
/In`kri:s/
|
9
|
indent
|
/`Indent/
|
/In`dent/
|
10
|
insert
|
/`Insз:t/
|
/In`sз:t/
|
11
|
insult
|
/`Insʌlt/
|
/In`sʌlt/
|
12
|
address
|
/`ædres/
|
/ə`dres/
|
13
|
contract
|
/`kɒntrækt/
|
/kən`trækt/
|
14
|
object
|
/`ɒbʤikt/
|
/əb`ʤekt/
|
15
|
overhang
|
/`əʊvəhæŋ/
|
/əʊvə`hæŋ/
|
16
|
converse
|
/`kɒnvз:s/
|
/kən`vз:s/
|
17
|
convert
|
/`kɒnvз:t/
|
/kən`vз:t/
|
18
|
intern
|
/`Intз:n/
|
/In`tз:n/
|
19
|
permit
|
/`pз:mIt/
|
/pə`mIt/
|
20
|
desert
|
/`dezət/
|
/di`zз:t/
|
21
|
suspect
|
/`sʌspekt/
|
/sə`spekt/
|
22
|
protest
|
/`prəʊtest/
|
/prə`test/
|
23
|
exploit
|
/`eksplɔIt/
|
/Ik`splɔIt/
|
24
|
console
|
/`kɒnsəʊl/
|
/kən`səʊl/
|
25
|
compound
|
/`kɒmpaʊnd/
|
/kɒm`paʊnd/
|
26
|
ally
|
/`ælaI/
|
/ə`laI/
|
27
|
prospect
|
/`prɒspekt/
|
/prə`spekt/
|
28
|
defect
|
/`di:fekt/
|
/dI`fekt/
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