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Zoltán Király Posted 11 years ago
Speech & Pronunciation

Are adjectives stressed when they are NOT followed by a noun?

Here is a phrase:

You’re right
y?r 'ra?t|

The final consonant of the first word is the same as the first consonant of the second word, so I think we can drop the first 'r'. I also use the flap T at the end.

y? 'ra?t|

I stressed the adjective 'right', but I'm not sure if it's correct to stress it in American English, or should I leave both words without stress?

Any suggestion is appreciated. Thank you.
  

Top answer

Zoltán Király The final consonant of the first word is the same as the first consonant of the second word, so I think we can drop the first 'r'. Essentialy, yes. Zoltán Király I also use the flap T at the end.

— Mister Micawber

  • Zoltán Király The final consonant of the first word is the same as the first consonant of the second word, so I think we can drop the first 'r'.
  • Essentialy, yes.
  • Zoltán Király I also use the flap T at the end.
  • No, not at all.
  • If it is the end of your expression, it is an aspirated 't'.
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Zoltán KirályThe final consonant of the first word is the same as the first consonant of the second word, so I think we can drop the first 'r'.
Essentialy, yes.
Zoltán KirályI also use the flap T at the end.
No, not at all. If it is the end of your expression, it is an aspirated 't'.
Zoltán KirályI s
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No, not at all. If it is the end of your expression, it is an aspirated 't'.
I never heard of aspirated 't'. Do you mean stop T?
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Zoltán KirályI never heard of aspirated 't'. Do you mean stop T?
No. There may be different terms for the same phenomenon, though. To my knowledge, there are four t's in English:

Aspirated 't' (with a slight 'popping' sound of excaping breath) at the end of an utterance: Right!
Stop 't' (the aspiration is not permitted to complete) in the
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Check out 5:37 it clearly says it's a stop T, not aspirated T

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They're wrong, not right. If the sentence stops at 'right', then the 't' is aspirated, as in their first effort at the phrase. Of course, if the speaker wishes to ignore the period and keep speaking without pause, then the 't' will stop.
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Zoltán KirályCheck out 5:37 it clearly says it's a stop T, not aspirated T
All Ts are stops. The stops (or plosives) are p, t, k, b, d, and g. It looks to me like the video uses the term 'stop T' for 'unreleased T'.

The man in the suit and tie pronounces it formally (of course), enunciating carefully. He uses a mildly aspirated T. (end of "right")
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Zoltán KirályI also use the flap T at the end. y? 'ra?t|
The symbol t| is for 'stop T' on that video. Flap T is something else ( ? ), and you don't want a flap T here at the end of the utterance "That's right!"

Casual American English:

You're right! /j?'ra?t| /
You're right about that. /j?'ra????ba?t|'ðæt|/

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