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Stress: Prosodic Features

Stress refers to the emphasis placed on certain sounds or syllables in speech. It is determined by the degree of force or loudness used to articulate a sound or syllable. Words can have primary, secondary, or tertiary stress on different syllables. Word stress shows which syllable in a word is emphasized, while sentence stress shows which words in a sentence are emphasized. Some two-syllable words have different meanings and functions depending on whether the first or second syllable is stressed. Correct stress is crucial in English as incorrect stress can change the meaning of words and make communication difficult.

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Stress: Prosodic Features

Stress refers to the emphasis placed on certain sounds or syllables in speech. It is determined by the degree of force or loudness used to articulate a sound or syllable. Words can have primary, secondary, or tertiary stress on different syllables. Word stress shows which syllable in a word is emphasized, while sentence stress shows which words in a sentence are emphasized. Some two-syllable words have different meanings and functions depending on whether the first or second syllable is stressed. Correct stress is crucial in English as incorrect stress can change the meaning of words and make communication difficult.

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STRESS

PROSODIC FEATURES
what is
stress?
Stress is the degree of emphasis
given a sound or syllable in speech.
Also called lexical stress or word
stress.

the degree of force or loudness


with which a sound or syllable is
articulated.
N O F S T R E S S
A Nature of stress is simple enough that
everyone can understand that words like :

T father, open, camera, have first syllables as

U
stressed.

In "potato and apartment", the relation

R middle syllable is stressed, whereas in about


receive and perhaps final syllable is stressed.

E
LEVEL OF

STRESS
PRIMARY SECONDARY TERTIARY
Primary stress is Secondary stress Tertiary stress with
represented with a with a low mark (,) no mark
high mark ()
TYPES OF STRESS
word stress
It shows that what
syllable in a word is
stressed

sentence stress
It shows what words in a sentence are
stressed
There are a
number of two
syllable words
FUNCTIONAL which function
STRESS both as noun or
adjective and
verbs.

For example
conduct, convict
etc.
These words have
stress on first
syllable when they
FUNCTIONAL are used as noun
STRESS or adjective.

and stress occurs


on the second
syllable when they
are used as verbs.
which word?
are stressed and which are not

Nouns
DemonstartivePronoun Pronouns
Interrogative Pronoun Prepositions
Main Verbs Conjunctions
Adjectives Helping Verbs
Adverbs
why stress is crucial in
english?
Stressing the wrong syllable in a word can make
the word very difficult to hear and understand

Stressing a word differently can change the


meaning or type of the word

Even if the speaker can be understood,


mistakes with word stress can make the
listener feel irritated, or perhaps even amused,
and could prevent good communication from
taking place
thank
you!
A presentation
by :

Abdul Hadi Setiawan


Dwi Qatrunnada
Putri Suci Nurzaita

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