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What is stress in the context of phonetics?
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?
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?
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?
What is the auditory impression of word stress?
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What does word stress refer to on the auditory level?
What does word stress refer to on the auditory level?
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