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Mosja Posted 7 years ago
Speech & Pronunciation

Word stressing: Is "per" in the sentence stressed?

Pressure is defined as force per unit area.

How about the tone? How to get the up and down rhythm? Need advice on this one too.

  

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"per" may have secondary stress or may be unstressed, depending on individual speaker variation. "force" and "unit" have a higher pitch; this may continue through "per", or "per" may fall in pitch, depending on individual speaker variation.

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  • "per" may have secondary stress or may be unstressed, depending on individual speaker variation.
  • "force" and "unit" have a higher pitch; this may continue through "per", or "per" may fall in pitch, depending on individual speaker variation.
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"per" may have secondary stress or may be unstressed, depending on individual speaker variation.

"force" and "unit" have a higher pitch; this may continue through "per", or "per" may fall in pitch, depending on individual speaker variation.

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