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Zoltán Király Posted 11 years ago
Grammar
Word Stress Within a Setence
Hello, the phrase "I should go" phonetically looks like: [ a? ??d go? ].
Person A and B are talking.
Person B says: It's getting late. I should go.
When I pronounce the phrase using a similar context like the one above, do I only need to stress the content word "go"?
I should go.
But what happens when we add more information, for example:
I should go home.
In this situation do we need to put more stress on "home" and secondary stress "go"?
Any suggestion would be appreciated.
Person A and B are talking.
Person B says: It's getting late. I should go.
When I pronounce the phrase using a similar context like the one above, do I only need to stress the content word "go"?
I should go.
But what happens when we add more information, for example:
I should go home.
In this situation do we need to put more stress on "home" and secondary stress "go"?
Any suggestion would be appreciated.
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Zoltán Király When I pronounce the phrase using a similar context like the one above, do I only need to stress the content word "go"? "go" has the main stress. In this situation do we need to put more stress on "home" and secondary stress "go"?
- Zoltán Király When I pronounce the phrase using a similar context like the one above, do I only need to stress the content word "go"?
- "go" has the main stress.
- In this situation do we need to put more stress on "home" and secondary stress "go"?
- "home" can be stressed and "go" unstressed, or "go" and "home" can carry equal stress (or, I guess, somewhere between the two extremes is also possible).
- This is a (probably) unconscious speaker decision that seems to make little difference to the impression of meaning.
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Zoltán KirályWhen I pronounce the phrase using a similar context like the one above, do I only need to stress the content word "go"?"go" has the main stress.
Zoltán KirályI should go home.In this situation do we need to put more stress on "home" and secondary stress "go"?"home" can be stressed and "go" unstress
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