II. Words with One Strong Stress.

The place of primary stress in a great many of English words is determined by the strong tendency existing in the English language to stress the initial syllable of a word, unless this syllable is a prefix, which has lost its meaning. In most English words of two syllables the stress falls on the first syllable, e.g.: ‘sister, ‘ready.

Most two-syllable nouns and adjectives have stress on the first syllable, e. g.: ‘story, ‘picture, ‘funny, ‘pretty. In most English two-syllable verbs and adverbs the stress is on the second syllable, e. g.: ap’ply, an’nounce, de’ny, be’hind, be’low.

In disyllabic words with a prefix,which has lost its meaning, the stress falls on the second syllable, e.g.: be’come, a’lone, a’gain. In words of French origin the stress is very often placed on the final syllable, e .g.: po’lice, ma’chine.

In most three-syllable words the stress usually falls on the first syllable, e.g.: ‘family, ‘cinema. There some four-syllable words with suffix -ize, in which the stress falls on the first syllable, e.g.: ‘regularize.

There are suffixes (-ion, -ical, -ity, -ian), which attract the primary stress onto the syllable immediately preceding them, e.g.: revolution, theatrical, activity, librarian. The following suffixes do not influence the place of the stress: -er, -or, -ary, -ory, -ment, -ous, -cy, -ry, -ty, -al, -ure, -ute, e.g.: manager, development, parliamentary. Some suffixes attract the primary stress onto themselves. There is a secondary stress on the first syllable. These suffixes are: -ee, -eer, -ier, -ade, -mental, -ival, -itis, -esque, e.g.: "refu’gee, "engi’neer, "pictu’resque, "funda’mental.

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