S1 - Rules

Question 1

Give us the 6 Golden Rules

Answer 1

1. /ə/ never appears in stressed syllables
2. A lexical item has only one primary stress
3. A lexical item cannot start with two unstressed syllables
4. All syllables following a primary stress are unstressed
5. Grammatical words usually have a weak form
6. Grammatical morphemes (-s; -ed; -ing; …) play no part in stress-asignment

Question 2

What is the ION rule ?

Answer 2

If i, e or u + Vn (+ Cn), the syllable before will be stressed

Question 3

What is the difference between a grammatical and a lexical morpheme ?

Answer 3

The lexical morpheme is the main word / The grammatical morpheme is the grammatical elements added to the lexical morpheme.

Question 4

List of endings of words stressed on the ultimate (-01)

Answer 4

• ee -oo -eer -oon -affe -ette -ade -e/isque -ique

- es(c)e -ain (verbs) -aire -eur -self -teen

Question 5

List of endings of words stressed on the last but one syllable / penultimate (-10)

Answer 5

• ic(s) -id -it -ish (verb) -sive -i-tis -o-sis -o-ma -oi-dal
• I-val -e/is-cence

Note : with a grammatical phoneme added, the exceptions become regular again

Question 6

List of endings of words stressed on the last but two syllables / antepenultimate (-100)

Answer 6

_ _ -y (verbs), -ible -uble -ity -ety -ify -efy -itude

-ular -(logos)

Question 7

What is the code for 2-syllable words ending with

-ate or -ent ?

Answer 7

For verbs : /01/

For nouns and adjectives : /10/

Question 8

What is the code for 2-syllable words ending with

-ise or -ize ?

Answer 8

/01/

Question 9

What is the code for more than 2-syllable words ending with -ate or -ent ?

Answer 9

For verbs : /-100/

Question 10

What is the code for more than 2-syllable words ending with -ise or -ize ?

Answer 10

/-100/

Question 11

What is the code of 2-syllable adjectives of the CORRECT type and how do you recognise them ?

Answer 11

2-syllable adjectives with a pseudo-prefix are stressed /01/

Question 12

What is the code of 2 syllable adjective of the TIDY type and how do you recognise them ?

Answer 12

2-syllable adjectives without pseudo-prefix are stressed /10/

Question 13

What is the code of 2-syllable nouns of the PROVINCE type and how do you recognise them ?

Answer 13

2-syllable nouns with a pseudo-prefix are stressed /10/

Question 14

What is the code of 2-syllable nouns of the SUCCESS type and how do you recognise them ?

Answer 14

2-syllable nouns derived from pseudo-prefix verbs are stressed /01/

Question 15

What is the code of 2-syllable nouns of the AFFAIR type and how do you recognise them ?

Answer 15

2-syllable nouns derived from french are stressed /01/

Question 16

What is the code for 2-syllable verbs of the BECOME type and how do you recognise them ?

Answer 16

2-syllable verbs with a pseudo-prefix are stressed /01/

Question 17

What is the code of 2-syllable verbs of the GOVERN type and how do you recognise them ?

Answer 17

2-syllable verbs with no pseudo-prefix are stressed /10/

Question 18

What is the code of 2-syllable verbs of the CONQUER type and how do you recognise them ?

Answer 18

Exceptions of the rules of 2-syllable verbs are stressed /10/

Question 19

What is the code for 3-syllable verbs of the DEVELOP type and how do you recognise them ?

Answer 19

3-syllable verbs with a pseudo-prefix are stressed /010/

Question 20

What is the code for 3-syllable verbs of the REPRESENT type and how do you recognise them ?

Answer 20

3-syllable verbs with two pseudo-prefixes are stressed /201/

Question 21

What is the code for 3-syllable adjectives of the INTREPID type and how do you recognise them ?

Answer 21

3-syllable adjectives with a pseudo prefix are stressed /010/

Question 22

What is the code for 3-syllable adjectives of the INCORRECT type and how do you recognise them ?

Answer 22

3-syllable adjectives with two (pseudo) prefixes are stressed /201/