Levels of stress

stressed - unstressed
(two-level analysis of stress)

Within the word

(Isolated words) not continuous speech.
This is artificial.

1. Primary stress
around /əˈraʊnd/

Pitch movement
The strongest type

2. Secondary stress
photographic /ˌfəʊtəˈɡrӕfɪk/, anthropology /ˌӕnθrəˈpɒlədʒi/

weaker than primary and stronger than unstressed

3. Tertiary
Unstressed syllables containing (ə, ɪ, i, u, syllabic consonants) are less
prominent than unstressed syllables containing other vowels.

poetic /opəʊˈetɪk/
pathetic /pəˈθetɪk/

polysyllabic words
indivisibility /ˌɪndɪovɪzəˈbɪləti/ or /ˌɪndɪˌvɪzəˈbɪləti/

4. Unstressed
absence of any recognizable amount of prominence