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

  • A feature of the semantic structure of a word
  • A characteristic of consonant sounds
  • A type of intonation pattern in speech
  • A prosodic phenomenon characterizing phonetic units higher than segmental phonemes (correct)
  • How is word stress defined on the auditory level?

  • As the length of a word in speech
  • As the presence of consonant clusters within a word
  • As the greater degree of special prominence given to one or more syllables in the same word (correct)
  • As the total absence of prominence in a word
  • What are the three levels on which word stress can be described and analyzed?

  • Auditory, acoustic, and linguistic levels (correct)
  • Semantic, pragmatic, and syntactic levels
  • Phonemic, morphemic, and syntactic levels
  • Phonemic, acoustic, and semantic levels
  • What is the auditory impression of word stress?

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

    What does word stress refer to on the auditory level?

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

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