Jessika Thalía Escobedo Florida

Phonetics and Phonology.

November 30th 2017.
 / əl /

Little, Social, Level, Awful, Symbol.

STRESSED AND REDUCED / ən /

VOWELS
Ocean, Fasten, Common, Fiction.
One syllable: Man Stressed: Con
Unstressed 2nd syllable: Unstressed first syllable: / ər /
Salesman Control
Grammar, Teacher, Visitor, Culture.

/ əs /

Terrace, Caution, Purpose, Lettuce.

GENERAL RULES FOR STRESS / ənt /

PLACEMENT. Distant, Present.
Two-Syllable Words Words ending in –tion, -ate /ə/
Nouns: Action Stress 1st syllable: Activate
Verb: Produce After –tion: Activation
Attain, Enough, Obtain, Undo.
COMPOUNDS NOUNS. ABBREVIATIONS AND NUMBERS
• Individual words that carry one meaning. Parking lot • Last letter/number AT&T 6:45

PROPEE STRESS WITH ADJETIVES: NAMES OF PLACES AND PEOPLE

• Stress noun plus adjetive. Good job. • New York

PROPER STRESS WTH ADJETIVES WORD STRESS WITHIN A SENTENCE.

• Stress and reduction I got it I can’t stand my new class. It’s
• Stress in first adjetive and noun. Nice old man. so cold. How do you feel? That‘s awful.
COMPOUND NOUNS CONTAINING ADJETIVES CONTENT WORDS
• Hot dog • Carry the most meaning. I like bacon. I like bacon and eggs

PHRASAL VERBS FUCTION WORDS

• Verb plus prepositions. He grew up in Chicago. • Don’t carry so much meaning.

NOUN FORMS OF PHRASAL VERBS CONTRASTIVE STRESS

• It was a big let down • Meaning clarification. I don’t love him. I don’t love him. I don’t
love him. I don’t love him.
Mojsin, L. (2009) Mastening the American Accent, Los Angeles, CA: Barron’s Educational Series, Inc.