1.2 - Secondary stress & prefixes

Question 1

2 main rules

Answer 1

No words begin with 2 unstressed syllables
No word can have two consecutive stressed syllables

Question 2

ex : appreciate → appreciation

Answer 2

If the word is derived from another word

ex : appreciate → appreciation
put the secondary stress on the stressed syllable of the deriving form

primary stress of : appreci’ation
primary stress of the deriving form : a’ppreciate
a,ppreci’ation

==> primary stress of origin : 2ndary stress of 2nd word

Question 3

The placement of secondary stress depends on the number of syllables before primary stress

Answer 3

if only one syllable before primary stress → no secondary stress : /01(-)/
if two syllables before primary stress → no secondary stress on the second syllable /201(-)/
if three syllables or more before primary stress → check i there is a deriving form
- if no deriving words in these words : secondary stress on FIRST SYLLABLE
- if deriving form : primary stress on this deriving form : (it becomes 2) : /200-/ or /020/

Question 4

2 types of prefixes

Answer 4

inseparable prefixes
separable prefixes / real prefixes

Question 5

Inseparable prefixes

Answer 5

Words that are not nouns, especially verbs
2 syllables words that have false prefxes and are not nouns are stressed 01
a’broad, co’mmand

Question 6

Separable prefixes

Answer 6

they have a clear meaning
a-
co-
de-
dis-
ex-
in-, im-, ir-
mis-
pre-
re-
un-

The separable PREFIX carries SECONDARY stress
BASE carries PRIMARY stress

two syll words : 21- stress pattern

Question 7

two syllable words with no prefix

Answer 7

Disyllabic words without internal structure : ,either separabl nor inseparable prefixes

Stressed on the FIRST SYLLABLE
‘adverb, ‘climate, ‘carry, ‘cater, ‘follow, ‘govern, ‘stupid, ‘swallow, ‘yellow