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Syllables How many syllables are there? go / kitchen syllable . chocolate comfortable . different . Syllables A syllable is a group of one or more sounds The essential part of a syllable is a vowel sound If a word has more than one syllable, you give stress to one of the syllables STRESS • STRESS IN SIMPLE WORDS • STRESS IN COMPLEX WORDS SIMPLE WORDS VS COMPLEX WORDS • Simple words: words that are composed of one grammatical unit Eg: care, beauty, happy,… • Complex words: words that are composed of more than one grammatical unit (affixes or compound words) Eg: carelessness, unhappy, suitcase… STRESS IN SIMPLE WORDS Nature of stress Levels of stress Stress placement within words NATURE OF STRESS Definition Transcription Characteristic DEFINITION of stress Stress is an extra force put on a particular syllable in a word in speech (Source: A course in phonetics, Peter Ladefoged) Eg: GOing /'g@UIỴ/ phoTOgrapher /f@'tÁgr@f@/ TRANSCRIPTION Place a vertical line (') high up just before the syllable it relates to Eg: open /'@Up@n/ determine /dI'tỈ:mKn/ CHARACTERISTIC Two ways of approaching stress Production What the speaker does in producing stress syllables Perception What characteristics of sound make a syllable seem to be stressed to listeners PRODUCTION OF STRESS The speakers use more muscular energy to pronounce stress syllable than for unstressed ones The muscles that we use to expel air from the lungs are more active create higher subglottal pressure