Pattern
Date: 2015-10-07; view: 597.
Syllable Words
Stress Patterns
In words of 3 or more syllables, stress usually falls
on the syllable immediately before the suffix.
The chart below shows exceptions to this pattern.
| Stress falls on the suffix. | Stress falls 2 syllables before the suffix. |
| -ee | -ate |
| employée referée refugée | verbs to appréciate to inítiate to óperate nouns, adjectives certíficate délicate |
| -eer | -ize |
| auctionéer enginéer voluntéer | verbs to apólogize to áuthorize to récognize |
| exceptions -ee | |
| commíttee |
Consonant Sound Pair
/ʧ/-/ʤh/
Unstressed t, d + i, u
| /ʧ/ | /ʤh/ | ||
| -(s)tion | Christian question suggestion | -du | education graduation |
| -ntial | essential residential | -di- | soldier |
| -tu | adventure furniture future lecture nature picture situation congratulate | ||
| -te- | amateur |
Consonant Sound Pair
Voiceless /ʃ/ & Voiced /ʒ/
Unstressed Endings
nouns/adjectives
Stress falls on the syllable immediately preceding the suffix.
| /ʃ/ | /ʒ/ | ||
| -c- -cial -cian -ciate -cious | social special physician appreciate delicious | unstressed -su- | leisure measure pleasure treasure |
| -ss- -ssian -ssion -ssu- -ssure | Russian profession tissue pressure | sia(n) sion | Asia Indonesia television supervision |
| -t- -tia -tion -tious | initial negotiate education graduation situation cautious |
| <== previous lecture | | | next lecture ==> |
| Pattern | | | ARTICULATION BASIS OF ENGLISH |