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What is stress in the context of phonetics?
A prosodic phenomenon characterizing phonetic units higher than segmental phonemes
How is word stress defined on the auditory level?
As the greater degree of special prominence given to one or more syllables in one and the same word
What are the three levels on which word stress can be described and analyzed?
Auditory, acoustic, linguistic
What is the auditory impression of word stress?
Prominence
How is word stress defined in terms of syllable prominence?
Refers to the relative prominence of all the syllables of a word
What type of stress is a feature of the phonetic structure of a word as a vocabulary unit?
Word stress
How is word stress generally defined on the auditory level?
Greater degree of special prominence given to one or more syllables in one and the same word
At which levels can word stress be described and analyzed?
Auditory, acoustic, and linguistic levels
What is the auditory impression of word stress?
Prominence
How many types of stress do linguists generally distinguish between?
Two: word stress and sentence stress
Test your knowledge of linguistic stress patterns with this quiz. Explore the distinction between word stress and sentence stress, and enhance your understanding of prosodic features in phonetics.
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