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Accentuation in English400
Prominence
When we speak we give more emphasis to some parts of an utterance
than others
We can make this happen at syllable level or at sentence level
The four different aspects to consider in prominence are:
Pitch
Quality
Quantity
Stress
Prominence
Pitch
Articulatorily depends mainly on the tensión and consequent rate of vibration
of the vocal folds.
Auditorily, it is that quality of a sound, in terms of which it can be placed on a
scale running from high to low, or acute to grave.
Prominence
Quality
Articulatorily it depends on the shape of the resonators.
Auditorily it is that feature it terms of which two sounds , similarly presented
and having the same loudness, quantity and pitch, are perceived as dissimilar
(ex. /s/ and /∫/
Prominence
Quantity
Auditorily it is that property of a sound that enables us to place it on a scale
going from long to short only by using our ears.
From the perceptual point of view it is refeered to as length
Prominence
Stress
Articulatorily it is caused by greater muscular energy and breath force
Auditorily, it is percieved as loudness and it can be dfined as that property of a sound that enables us to place it on a scale going from loud to soft only by
using our ears. So the speaker feels this features as extra energy and the
listener as extra loudness
Prominence
All these elements described before can play a part in making a syllable
stand out with respect to its neighbours. They do not play an equally
important role, though, nor are all four always present together
Accent
When a syllable is a starter of pitch movement , or has the natural potential to
be one, we shall say that is accented, irrespective of whatever other
elements are present.
When any of the other elements causing prominence are present but the
syllable is incapable of acting as a pitch movement initiator, we shall simply
say that is prominent.
Accent
In general terms then we will have different types or levels of accent and
those are:
Primary Accent
Secondary Accent
Prominent by itseld
Unaccented
Accentuation of simple words
Accentuation of simple words
Accentuation of simple words
Accentuation of simple words
Accentuation of simple words
Accentuation of simple words
Accentuation of simple words
Accentuation of simple words
Accentuation of simple words
Accentuation of simple words
Accentuation of simple words
Alternative actual patterns
Alternative actual patterns
Alternative actual patterns
Accentuation of compounds
Accentuation of compounds
Accentuation of compounds
Accentuation of compounds
Accentuation of compounds
Accentuation of compounds
Accentuation of compounds
Accentuation of compounds
Accentuation of compounds
Accentuation of compounds
Distinctive function of accent
Distinctive function of accent
Distinctive function of accent
Distinctive function of accent
Accentuation in connected speech
Rhythmical Modification
Rhythmical Modification
Rhythmical Modification
Rhythmical Modification
Rhythmical Modification
Rhythmical Modification
Rhythmical Modification
Accentuation Usage
Accentuation Usage
Accentuation Usage
Accentuation Usage
Accentuation Usage
Accentuation Usage
Accentuation Usage
Accentuation in English400