Word Stress with Wayne
1st syllable stress
Nouns with 2 syllables: REfund, EXport, CHina,
LAbel, INcrease (there are exceptions: JaPAN, hoTEL)
Adjectives with 2 syllables: HAppy, YEllow, LOVEly, STUpid, HELPful (exceptions
incl: obTUSE, upSET, alRIGHT)
Compound nouns: HOUSEwork, FOOTball, SOFTware, WHITEboard, GOALkeeper,
AFTERshave, VOICE recorder. CAR bomb
2nd syllable stress
Verbs with 2 syllables: beGIN, coLLECT, reCORD,
comPLAIN, exPORT, rePLY, inCREASE (exceptions incl: TRAvel, STUdy,
LENGTHen)
Penultimate stress
Words ending in -ic: photoGRAphic, geoGRAphic, pornoGRAphic, psychiATric
Words ending in -sion and -tion: conFUsion, compreHENsion, dePRESsion,
assassiNAtion, constiTUtion, amBItion
3rd syllable from the end
Words ending in -cy, -ty, -phy and -gy:
phoTOGrapher, enJOYable, specTACular, deMOcracy
Words ending in -al: imPRACtical, nuTRItional, CRItical, poLItical
Do all native speakers agree on where to put word stress? How do we
pronounce:
television
oregano
adult
controversy
contrast
cigarette
magazine
decade
perfume
garage
ballet
details
Where does the stress go on this word:
anti-disestablishmenTARianism (on the 8th of a total of 12 syllables!)
Is this the longest word in the dictionary?
The longest word in any of the major English language dictionaries is
pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis (30 letters), a word that
refers to a lung disease contracted from the inhalation of very fine
silica particles, specifically from a volcano; medically, it is the same
as silicosis. (wikipedia)
A computer study of over a million samples of normal English prose found
that the longest word one is likely to encounter on an everyday basis is
uncharacteristically (20 letters)
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