Linguistics

Basic rules of englisch word stress

1. one word has only one stress (primary)
 
2. we can only stress vowels, not consonants
 
3. stress on first syllable: most 2-syllabic nouns and adjectives
 
4. stress on last syllable: most 2-syllabic verbs
 
5. compound words: nouns-->1st part;
 adjectives and verbs --> 2nd part

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