5 Questions
What determines sound quality when listening to speech?
The speaker's vibrator and resonators
What is the focus of the discussion in the text?
RP English
How is stress produced in speech?
By pushing more air out of the lungs in one syllable relative to others
Which element of a compound noun is stressed in English?
The first element
What does stress indicate in speech?
Syntactic relationships between words or parts of words
Study Notes
- When listening to speech, we perceive variations in sound quality, pitch, loudness, and length.
- Sound quality is determined by the speaker's vibrator and resonators.
- RP English will be the focus of the discussion.
- Stress is produced by pushing more air out of the lungs in one syllable relative to others.
- A stressed syllable often has a longer vowel.
- Stress gives emphasis and indicates syntactic relationships between words or parts of words.
- Compound nouns have stress on the first element, while adjectival phrases have stress on both elements.
- The location of stress in most English words can be predicted.
- Differences in stress do not always indicate differences between nouns and verbs.
- It is difficult to define stress from a listener's point of view.
Take this quiz to test your understanding of stress in RP English! Learn about the variations in sound quality, pitch, loudness, and length that contribute to stress, and discover how stress can indicate syntactic relationships between words or parts of words. Test your knowledge on predicting the location of stress in most English words and identifying the stress patterns in compound nouns and adjectival phrases. Get ready to flex your linguistic muscles with this quiz on stress in RP English!
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