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Sneakergroove Posted 18 years ago
Speech & Pronunciation
Yes/No questions - sentence stress
Hello everyone,
I know that auxiliary verbs are usually not stressed, but in a yes/no question such as the following, would it be stressed? I underlined what I think may be stressed.
Do you like jazz?
To be honest, I am a native speaker, but when I say this question I feel that the only word that really gets stressed is "jazz". If someone could tell me what would be the stressed words in this question, I would greatly appreciate it.
sneakergroove
I know that auxiliary verbs are usually not stressed, but in a yes/no question such as the following, would it be stressed? I underlined what I think may be stressed.
Do you like jazz?
To be honest, I am a native speaker, but when I say this question I feel that the only word that really gets stressed is "jazz". If someone could tell me what would be the stressed words in this question, I would greatly appreciate it.
sneakergroove
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Hi. Welcome to the forums. I agree that in the majority of situations, "jazz" would be stessed.
- Hi.
- Welcome to the forums.
- I agree that in the majority of situations, "jazz" would be stessed.
- But it's easy to set up prior contexts in which any one of the other three words should be stressed.
- - A.
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Hi. Welcome to the forums.
I agree that in the majority of situations, "jazz" would be stessed. But it's easy to set up prior contexts in which any one of the other three words should be stressed. - A.
I agree that in the majority of situations, "jazz" would be stessed. But it's easy to set up prior contexts in which any one of the other three words should be stressed. - A.
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If I were asking the question, the stress would depend on what I wanted to know the most: whether they like jazz? Confirmation that they do like jazz or do they like jazz (rather than something else?)
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