Word Stress – V

                                       

          Word Stress – V

Dear readers, in the previous post, we discussed words with shift and without a shift in word accent. In this post, let us learn about the word accent/stress in English. Pronouncing English words with a proper accent makes one’s language stylish and it will sound intelligible. Speaking with good pronunciation strengthens one’s confidence level in terms of communication in English.

Words ending with -ion at the end receive primary stress on the Penultimate Syllable, i.e., second from the last syllable. For example, station – STAtion, connection – conNECtion.

Practise the following orally by giving more prominence on the capitalized syllables.

Ø  action              - ACtion

 (https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/action)

Ø  addition           – adDItion (https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/addition)

Ø  application      - appliCAtion (https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/application)

Ø  administration - adminiSTRAtion (https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/administration)

Ø  combination    - combiNAtion

(https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/combination)

Ø  dedication       - dediCAtion

(https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/dedication)

Ø  demonstration - demonSTRAtion

(https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/demonstration)

Ø  examination    - examiNAtion

(https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/examination)

Ø  institution       - instiTUtion

(https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/institution)

Ø  publication      - publiCAtion

(https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/publication)

In the next post, let us explore some interesting features about stress patterns.

Reference:

Balasubramanian, T. 2017. English Phonetics for Indian Students. Trinity Press.

Author:

K. Nandhakumar 

Assistant Professor of English

Sri Ramakrishna Mission Vidyalaya College of Arts and Science (Autonomous)

Coimbatore-641 020