Theoretical phonetics. Study guide for second year students. Борискина О.О - 35 стр.

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Tasks

Task1. What factors create the effect of stress in a word? What type of word
stress do you think English accentual structure belongs to? Ref. [Соколова,
2003, pp. 138-146]

Task2. What factors determine the place and different degrees of word stress?
Ref. [Jones, 2002, pp. 33-36]. Some word stress conventions in Modern English
are the result of different tendencies. Illustrate
          • the recessive tendency;
          • the rhythmical tendency;
          • the retentive tendency.

Task 3. Study the main accentual patterns. Interpret and illustrate them with the
words given below. Which types would you rate as widely spread and most
typical of the English language? Ref. [Соколова, 2003, pp. 138-146; Соколова,
2004, pp. 121-134].

The numerous variations of English word stress are systematized in the typology
of accentual structures of English words worked out by G.P. Torsuyev. He
classifies them according to the number of stressed syllables and their degree.
The main accentual patterns are:
1. ['__ __]. This accentual type marks both simple and compound words. The
accentual structures of this type may include two and more syllables, e.g.
________________________________________________________________
2. [ '_ '_ ]. The accentual type is commonly realized in compound words, most
of them are with separable prefixes, e.g.________________________________

3. [ '_' _ '_ ] and 4. ['_' _ '_ '_]. The accentual types are met in initial compound
abbreviations ______________________________________________
4. ['_ ,___]. The type is realized both in simple and compound words, very
common among compound words, e.g. ________________________________
5. [, _'___]. The accentual type marks a great number of simple words and some
compound words as well. In simple words the stresses fall onto:
1) the prefix and the root: ________________________________________
2) the root and the suffix: ________________________________________
3) the prefix and the suffix: _______________________________________

The words to choose from: father, radio-active, hot-tempered, absent-minded,
non-stop, get up, switch off, fourteen, beefsteak, make up, recover, email
address, hotel, country, police, balance, UNESCO, interaction, hospitality,
disobey, hair-dresser, substructure, possibly, rewrite, USA, mother-in-law, gas-
pipe, USSR, magazine, disorganization, centralization, assimilation,
qualification, pronunciation, consideration.