Noun on first syllable; verb on second

(Email Removed) (Michael J Hardy) wrote on 10 Jan 2004:
[nq:1]Is there any concise name for words that are nouns or adjectives when the accent is on the first syllable and verbs when on a later syllable (usually the second, but not always? There are about 100 such words in English.[/nq]
You don't happen to have a nice neat list of them, do you?

Franke: EFL teacher & medical editor

[nq:1]Is there any concise name for words that are nouns or adjectives when the accent is on the first syllable and verbs when on a later syllable (usually the second, but not always? There are about 100 such words in English.[/nq]
No, there isn't. But you could call the nouns, anyway, 'initial-stress-derived nouns' and linguists, at least, would understand you mean words like 'address' or 're

[nq:2]Is there any concise name for words that are nouns ... not always? There are about 100 such words in English.[/nq]
[nq:1]You don't happen to have a nice neat list of them, do you? Franke: EFL teacher & medical editor.[/nq]
absent abstract accent addict address admit advert affect affix ally annex
array (In some dialects, this word belongs in this list.)

attribute combat

[nq:2]Is there any concise name for words that are nouns ... not always? There are about 100 such words in English.[/nq]
[nq:1]You don't happen to have a nice neat list of them, do you?[/nq]
Here's one:
The following is a list of English words that have the same spelling (homographs) but different accentuation according to their grammatical function. In such pairs the noun usually has

[nq:2]Is there any concise name for words that are nouns ... not always? There are about 100 such words in English.[/nq]
[nq:1]No, there isn't. But you could call the nouns, anyway, 'initial-stress-derived nouns' and linguists, at least, would understand you mean words like 'address' or 'recall'.[/nq]
I created the page at
(which has been edited by various other people since then, so

(Email Removed) (Michael J Hardy) wrote on 10 Jan 2004:
[nq:1]absent abstract accent addict address admit advert affect affix ally annex array (In some dialects, this word belongs in this ... regress reject relapse remake research retake ****** retract subject survey suspect transform transplant transpose transport undercount unit/unite update uplift upset[/nq]
Thank you, Michael.

Evan Kirshenbaum (Email Removed) wrote on 10 Jan 2004:
[nq:1]Here's one: The following is a list of English words that have the same spelling (homographs) but different accentuation according ... and I don't have "collect" as a noun, "descant" as a verb, "ferment" as an adjective, "instinct" as an adjective,[/nq]
Thank you, Evan.

Franke: EFL teacher & medical editor.

[nq:1]I don't have "collect" as a noun[/nq]
Hmm... what would you call the short prayer that is usually known by this term?

[nq:2]No, there isn't. But you could call the nouns, anyway, 'initial-stress-derived nouns' and linguists, at least, would understand you mean words like 'address' or 'recall'.[/nq]
[nq:1]I created the page at . Hence my question.[/nq]
I see. Well, wikipedia is sort of a dead loss, for that reason, I'm afraid. What is said there about languages and linguistics, for instance, is unreliable

[nq:1]I see. Well, wikipedia is sort of a dead loss, for that reason, I'm afraid. What is said there about languages and linguistics, for instance, is unreliable and often completely wrong. I gave up after seeing how it works.[/nq]
Hear, hear, Prof. John Lawler! I've been shocked to see (a) reputable AUE posters quoting the wikipedia as if it were some sort of reliable source of information (H