PHONETIC I - Rhythm and Stress in Sentences

I have ten (v → f because of t)

That pen (t → p because of p)

Up and down (n̩ (and) → m because of p)

<p>lose you (z → ʒ because of y)</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>That thing (t → dental because of th)</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Act badly [æ {ktb} ædli] → 3 consonants in a row</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>more or less the same amount of time elapses between two stressed syllables</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>you cannot breathe inside the group, you need to keep the words together, otherwise it doesn’t make sense</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>verbs, adverbs, nouns, adjectives, demonstrative pronouns, dweq</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>auxiliary verbs, conjunctions, prepositions, pronouns, relative pronouns, articles</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Broad focus: standard. Narrow focus: stress on a certain word (emphatic, contrastive or metalinguistic comment)</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Stress shift is when stress patterns change in compounds or new units of meaning to avoid stress clashes. Example: Back to back houses → 201 10 = 302 10 = 203 10 → 200 10</p> Signup and view all the answers