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Word Stress - Part 2 | English Pronunciation - The 8 rules of word stress

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This video is the second of two videos on word stress. Please watch Part 1 first as it gives you the introduction to this topic (see link below). In this video, Part 2, we are going to have a look at why word stress is so important and how incorrect word stress can distort the pronunciation of a word so listeners might not recognise it or misunderstand you. Then we are going to have a look at the 8 rules of word stress and words that are often mispronounced. Last but not least, there is a little test for you!

Chapters
0:00 Why is word stress important? - desert vs. dessert
4:55 Rule 1: Common Nouns & Adjectives with 2 syllables
6:48 Rule 2: Common Verbs with 2 syllables
8:04 Rule 3: Contrastive Word Stress in Nouns & Verbs
10:23 Rule 4: Are prefixes and suffixes stressed?
13:51 Careful: Adding suffixes can move the word stress!
15:23 Rule 5: Compound Nouns
16:24 Rule 6: Compound Adjectives
17:58 Rule 7: Word stress in Phrasal Verbs
21:16 Rule 8: Where is the stress in abbreviations?
22:41 Commonly mispronounced words
25:10 Quiztime! True or false?

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What is word stress? Part 1
https://bit.ly/3EyE5Hy
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What is a syllable?
https://bit.ly/3mDimYC
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Vowel reduction, weak forms & the schwa
https://bit.ly/3zbgj2C
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Connected Speech: Assimilation, Elision & Intrustion
https://bit.ly/2OuekDM
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Dropped Consonants
https://bit.ly/3CVyzhd
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The Vowel Chart
https://bit.ly/3vJ0Jd9
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Video on The Phonemic Chart (vowels, diphthongs & consonants):
https://bit.ly/2N5134k​
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Video on Diphthongs Introduction
https://bit.ly/3nhHpQf
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