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Zoltán Király Posted 11 years ago
Speech & Pronunciation

Word Stress: I got to go

Hi, I watched a movie and hear this phrase: I got to go. I listened carefully and phonetically it sounded like: a? g?d? go?

Could you please listen to this? I uploaded the sound https://clyp.it/yervyakp
Even with the waveform I'm unable to decide which word is stressed. It is a bit too fast.



It sounds to me like secondary stress on "I" and primary stress on "go". (go seems to be the longest in the waveform, even if the final "go" sound isn't that high I think the o? diphthong was prolonged). The middle "g?d?" seems unstressed. I may be wrong, tough. Any suggestions would be appreciated.
  

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There are 4 syllables. I stress the second and fourth.

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There are 4 syllables. I stress the second and fourth.
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Yes, you are right. There are four syllables.
Do I need to put secondary stress on the second syllable and primary stress on the fourth syllable?

a? ?g?d ? 'go?
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Zoltán KirályDo I need to put secondary stress on the second syllable and primary stress on the fourth syllable?
It depends on what is most important; necessity (got) or leaving (go). Most of the time, the stress is primary on necessity.
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leaving

in this case the stress is secondary on "got". Am I right?
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Yes.
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Thank you. Your time is greatly appreciated.
I read in an American accent book this:

when a word ends in a consonant and the next word begins with a vowel, connect the final consonant to the next vowel.
Does this apply to syllables as well? Something like this:

a? ?g?d ? 'go? -> becomes ? -> a? ?g?
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the sound plays "when you gotta go, you gotta go"
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Yes, I heard that. I was curious how the linking works in the situation above.
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Zoltán KirályDo I need to put secondary stress on the second syllable and primary stress on the fourth syllable?a? ?g?d ? 'go?
Actually, as far as I can tell, that's an American accent, which has no /?/ sound.

What you're hearing from Rachel is /?a?ga??'go?/, which is a bit more stress on "I" than is typical.

Most people are going to say /a??
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Zoltán Királywhen a word ends in a consonant and the next word begins with a vowel, connect the final consonant to the next vowel.
Does this apply to syllables as well? Something like this: a? ?g?d ? 'go? -> becomes ? -> a? ?g? d? 'go?
I have no idea what you're asking, but we do
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