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Mno3195 Posted 19 years ago
Speech & Pronunciation

How affix affect stress pattern?

Hi folks:

I would like to know some details about how affix cause stress shift espeicially in multi-syllable words.

I heard that Latin and Greek suffix play an important role in stress shift.Any detail or recommend website that I can refer to?Any website regarding stress patterns or how suffix causing stress shift I can refer to?

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Offhand, I would say that the addition of affixes other than negative or negative-like prefixes do not generally affect word stress, since they are usually unstressed themselves-- but that there are also many exceptions. I don't know of any dedicated websites, though most grammar sites probably mention it in passing. Try googling around a bit.

— Mister Micawber

  • Offhand, I would say that the addition of affixes other than negative or negative-like prefixes do not generally affect word stress, since they are usually unstressed themselves-- but that there are also many exceptions.
  • I don't know of any dedicated websites, though most grammar sites probably mention it in passing.
  • Try googling around a bit.
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Offhand, I would say that the addition of affixes other than negative or negative-like prefixes do not generally affect word stress, since they are usually unstressed themselves-- but that there are also many exceptions.

I don't know of any dedicated websites, though most grammar sites probably mention it in passing. Try googling around a bit.
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Mister MicawberOffhand, I would say that the addition of affixes other than negative or negative-like prefixes do not generally affect word stress, since they are usually unstressed themselves-- but that there are also many exceptions.

I don't know of any dedicated websites, though most grammar sites probably mention it in passing. Try googling around a bit.
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not about stress shift, but you might find it interesting: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trisyllabic_laxing
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Typical Greek suffixes.

Primary stress on the third syllable from the end.
(First vowel shown may vary.)

ocracy, opathy, otony, otany, otomy, ophony, ology, onomy, otrophy, ogamy, ography, ophany, osophy, ognomy, ogony, omaly, opoly, ogeny, ochrony, ochromy, olatry, omathy, ometry, onymy, oscopy, otropy, ometer, opolis, anthropy, abola

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