Linguistic Stress Patterns Quiz
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What is stress in the context of phonetics?

  • A characteristic of the written form of a word
  • A prosodic phenomenon characterizing phonetic units higher than segmental phonemes (correct)
  • A phenomenon that affects only segmental phonemes
  • A feature of the semantic structure of a word

    • How is word stress defined on the auditory level?

  • As the equal prominence of all syllables in a word
  • As the emphasis on the last syllable of a word
  • As the emphasis on the first syllable of a word
  • As the greater degree of special prominence given to one or more syllables in one and the same word (correct)

    • What are the three levels on which word stress can be described and analyzed?

  • Morphological, phonemic, phonological
  • Auditory, acoustic, linguistic (correct)
  • Phonetic, semantic, syntactic
  • Pragmatic, contextual, thematic

    • What is the auditory impression of word stress?

    <p>Prominence</p> Signup and view all the answers

    How is word stress defined in terms of syllable prominence?

    <p>Refers to the relative prominence of all the syllables of a word</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What type of stress is a feature of the phonetic structure of a word as a vocabulary unit?

    <p>Word stress</p> Signup and view all the answers

    How is word stress generally defined on the auditory level?

    <p>Greater degree of special prominence given to one or more syllables in one and the same word</p> Signup and view all the answers

    At which levels can word stress be described and analyzed?

    <p>Auditory, acoustic, and linguistic levels</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the auditory impression of word stress?

    <p>Prominence</p> Signup and view all the answers

    How many types of stress do linguists generally distinguish between?

    <p>Two: word stress and sentence stress</p> Signup and view all the answers

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