Phonology and Phonetics Review

Table of Contents

1. Home
2. Aim and objectives
3. Getting started
4. Introduction
5. Vocal tract
6. Consonants
7. Vowels
8. Phonemic symbols
9. Test yourself
10. Stress
    1. Word and sentence stress
11. Aspects of connected speech
12. Intonation
13. Speech transcription
14. Speech analysis
15. Glossary
16. Resources
17. Feedback

Word and sentence stress

English rhythm is based not only on word stress but also on sentence stress or accent. A clear distinction between words which are emphasised and words which are not is essential to intelligibility, both for speech production and listening comprehension.

Use the activities below to practice word and sentence stress

This activity is reproduced with permission from Cambridge University Press (see Resources section).