PDC ORAL II……………...……….STRONG AND WEAK………………………….

PROF STELLA

HOW MUCH DO YOU REMEMBER ABOUT STRONG AND WEAK FORMS? WHAT ARE
THEY? WHAT ARE THEY USED FOR? WHAT ARE THEY CONTRASTED WITH? ARE THEY
UNIVERSAL, OR RESTRICTED TO JUST A SET OF WORDS? ETC...
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To emphasize or contrast we use strong form.

.Weak forms are used in unstressed syllables.

We use the strong forms when we say a word in isolation.
Strong forms are used to emphasize.
Usually, nouns and main verbs are stressed while prepositions and conjunctions aren’t.
Some words can be used in their weak or strong form depending on the first letter of the
following word.

.when we have weak form, we use function words that are usually unstressed and with
strong form,we use the content words, they have information words that are often
stressed.

.We use weak forms for words that are not so important at the moment of speaking.
Strong forms are the key to what we are talking about.

.the strong form is used when the word is stressed.

Some words are stressed, others not

Weakened form is called weak (short form) opposed to strong form (full form)
pronounced with stress

Ex would /w schwa d/ weak

Him /him/ strong

Sorry, Sofía. Please say what you want again.

OK, girls. I see you mention function and content words. What are those? Fill the
chart below with the categories for each group:

.I don’t understand, could you write an example please?

Yes, of course. Let’s do one thing: I’ll give you categories, and you place them in
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the right box. OK? Look at the categories below:

Articles - adverbs - prepositions - conjunctions - lexical verbs - adverbial particles -

adjectives - auxiliary verbs - possessive pronouns - relative pronouns - possessive
adjectives...

FUNCTION WORDS CONTENT WORDS

(grammatical items) (lexical items)

Auxiliary verbs Nouns, verbs, adjectives, questions words

, and adverbs.

.Articles, auxiliary verbs,possessive phrasal verbs,demonstrative adverbs.

adjectives,demonstrative adjectives.

Prepositions Adverbial particles

Determiners: these are a wide-ranging Lexical verbs

FUNCTION, not a category

. Relative pronouns.

.conjunctions. PRO-FORMS!!!

.subordinators.these are the same as GOOD! NOW THERE'S ANOTHER

“conjunctions”· CONCEPT I WANT TO CLARIFY. I’LL
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