Prof.

Francisco Zabala 2011

Stress: Suffixes
Stress Stress
Neutral
Attracting Rejecting

Origin: Anglo Saxon Origin: French Origin: Latin

The primary stress is Where's the main

taken by this syllable. stress? Grally. 1
The original stress
Oxitone words. syllable before the
pattern is kept
Secondary stresses? suffix, or 2 syllables
Rule of Derivation! before.

Stress on previous
Examples Examples: syllable:
-hood: 'likelyhood -ese: ˌChi'nese -ic(s): ro'botic(s)
-ful: 'beautiful -nique: ˌu'nique -ify: in'tensify
-less: 'limitless -ree: ˌrefe'ree -ion: proˌnunci'ation
-ness: u'niqueness -aire: ˌmillio'naire -ish: de'molish
-ish: 'yellowish -ette: ˌciga'rette -city: au'dacity
-ship: 'citizenship -oon: car'toon -id: 'solid
-ly: 'plainly -oo: sham'poo -ety: va'riety
-or: 'governor -eer: ˌengi'neer -ity: com'munity
-er: 'teacher -esque: ˌpictu'resque -ify: i'dentify
-ing: 'fantasizing -esce: ˌcoa'lesce
-ed: 'dedicated -ate: (2 syl.) nar'rate
-ive: com'municative Stress 2 syllables
-able: re'liable before:
-al: 'digital -ate: cer'tificate
-dom: 'boredom -ude: 'solitude
-ward: 'backward -ate: (polisyllabic)
e'valuate
-wise: 'moneywise
-ise: 'recognize
-ble: re'sponsible

Exceptions:
-ic:
- 'lunatic, 'arithmetic,
'rhetoric, 'catholic,
'heretic, 'arsenic, 'arabic
(all nouns)

Adapted from Prof. Roxana Basso