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Suffixes carrying primary stress themselves  
  
35   02:15 صباحاً   date: 2024-10-25
Author : Peter Roach
Book or Source : English Phonetics and Phonology A practical course
Page and Part : 94-11


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Suffixes carrying primary stress themselves

In the examples given, which seem to be the most common, the primary stress is on the first syllable of the suffix. If the stem consists of more than one syllable there will be a secondary stress on one of the syllables of the stem. This cannot fall on the last syllable of the stem and is, if necessary, moved to an earlier syllable. For example, in 'Japan' ʤə'æpn the primary stress is on the last syllable, but when we add the stress-carrying suffix' ese' the primary stress is on the suffix and the secondary stress is placed not on the second syllable but on the first: 'Japanese' . ʤæpə'ni:z .

· '-ee': 'refugee' וrefjʊ'ʤi :; 'evacuee'  ɪוvækju'i:

· '-eer': 'mountaineer' וmaʊntɪ'nɪə; 'volunteer' וvɒlən'tɪə

· '-ese': 'Portuguese' וpɔ:tʃə'gi:z; 'journalese' וʤз:nli:z

· '-ette': 'cigarette' וsɪgr'et; 'launderette' וlɔ:ndוr'et

· 'esque': 'picturesque' pktfr'esk