Strategies for the Prediction of English Word Stress.

Baptista, Barbara O.

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Publication Date: 1989

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Strategies for the Prediction of English Word Stress.

Baptista, Barbara O.

IRAL, v27 n1 p1-14 Feb 1989

An analysis of Brazilian learners' errors in English word stress revealed a difficulty hierarchy of stress pattern rules and six stress prediction strategies: (1) cognate stress patterns; (2) predominant stress patterns of English; (3) initial vowels and consonants; (4) verbs with a tense vowel in the final syllable; (5) tertiary stress; and (6) derivatives. (CB)

Descriptors: English (Second Language), Higher Education, Interference (Language), Interlanguage, Language Patterns, Language Research, Oral Language, Portuguese, Predictor Variables, Pronunciation, Second Language Learning, Stress (Phonology)

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Language: English

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