The Effects Of Stress In The English Language

Syllables can be stressed in words, and this can happen in many languages. When there is a stressed syllable it can be marked by an accent mark (`), and there can be multiple words that are stressed, but there is always one stressed vowel that is stronger the other stressed vowels. “Stress, pitch, and juncture work together to create intonation. Stress is the emphasis to certain syllables, pitch is the musicality of a spoken language, and juncture is a pause between words of sentences” (Phonology lecture, 2016). There are many syllables that carry stress, but not all of them have the same stress, and it is always a vowel. The primary stress is very difficult to figure out no matter where you are from because people speak different all over the world. In a sentence or phrase, there is usually one syllable that has more stress that any other syllable. The pitch can go up and down depending on how a sentence or phrase is said. Usually, when sentences are yes or no questions, the pitch ends by rising at the end. If it is a statement or is asking something other than yes or no, the pitch will end flat or fall.

Stress and pitch work together in a sentence because the pitch will go up when a

It is important for any teacher to know this information because it helps us understand a deeper meaning of words and how they function. Morphology, syntax, phonology, and phonetics will help us teach words, sentences, and phrases in a way that students will understand the meaning and how they function. It will help students break a word down to better understand the meaning of it and we must learn all of the parts of linguistics and language in order to teach it to our students. I am very confident in doing this with my future students and have gained great knowledge that I plan to pass to my