Essay for stress Phonetics BA students
Essay for Stress in English Stress means emphasis . It means some extra force or prominence given to a part of a word while speaking. 1. We pronounce certain words in one breath . E.g. pen, one, sing, school, bread etc 2 .Some other words we pronounce in two parts or units . Eg. Present - pre’sent Demand - de’ mand Conduct – con’ duct 3 . Some words are pronounced in three or more parts or units . Psychology - Psy’cho’lo’gy Confession - Con’fes’sion Consult - Con’sult Consultation - Con’sul’ta’tion Contemporaneous - Con’tem’por’an’eous Humanitarian - Hu’man’it’ar’ian The part or unit of a word is known as syllable . The stress may fall on the first syllable or second syllable or third syllable as the case may be. The syllable that rece