7.43, Sum: Word Stress Summary
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Subject: 7.43, Sum: Word Stress Summary
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Date: Thu, 11 Jan 1996 12:06:08 +1000
From: EDULH at LURE.LATROBE.EDU.AU (CALIX)
Subject: Word Stress Summary
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Date: Thu, 11 Jan 1996 12:06:08 +1000
From: EDULH at LURE.LATROBE.EDU.AU (CALIX)
Subject: Word Stress Summary
My thanks to the following for responding to my query for
examples of UK/USA word stress variation:
Bob Yates RYATES at CMSUVMB.CMSU.EDU
Martin Eayrs eltnews at wamani.apc.org
Lee Bradley lbradley at grits.valdosta.peachnet.edu
Michael Shapiro MShap61107 at AOL.COM
Scott C. Simonsen ssimonse at edcen.ehhs.cmich.edu
Paulette Dale KJJZ76A at prodigy.com
Abbie Tom atom at email.unc.edu
Elizabeth Guthrie eguthrie at benfranklin.hnet.uci.edu
Matthew Davenport Weymar mdw21 at columbia.edu
Raquel Strauss rs218 at columbia.edu
Jeff Schwartz schwartz at cais.cais.com
J. Gamber jbgamber at ucdavis.edu
Carol Bellamy cbellamy at ipr.umd.edu
Paula S. Newman pnewman at parc.xerox.com
Gary H. Toops TOOPS at TWSUVM.UC.TWSU.EDU
Nancy Frishberg nancyf at seiden.com
Hartmut Haberland hartmut at ruc.dk
Anton Sherwood dasher at netcom.com
Larry Trask larryt at cogs.susx.ac.uk
Joseph F Foster fosterjf at ucunix.san.uc.edu
Karen Steffen Chung karchung at ccms.ntu.edu.tw
John Lawler jlawler at umich.edu
Markell R West markell at afterlife.ncsc.mil
Alexei Iurtchak alexei at acpub.duke.edu
Kathleen M. O'Neill koneil1 at uic.edu u55354 at uicvm.cc.uic.edu
Jussi Karlgren karlgren at cs.nyu.edu
MARC PICARD PICARD at VAX2.CONCORDIA.CAMARC PICARD
Martha G. Morgan morgan at mail.utexas.edu
Marie-Louise Hannan hannan at citi.doc.ca
James Kirchner JPKIRCHNER at aol.com
Peter Daniels pdaniels at press-gopher.uchicago.edu
David Quayle spok at UDel.Edu
Susan M. Ervin-Tripp ervintr1 at violet.berkeley.edu
Lee Hartman lhartman at siu.edu
Georges Rebuschi rebuschi at ext.jussieu.fr
Michael T Hammond hammond at u.Arizona.EDU
Douglas McCarthy mccarthy at micronet.fr
Lucy Eliot morse at grove.ufl.EDU
Patrick Griffiths griffith at kula.usp.ac.fj
Roly Sussex sussex at lingua.cltr.uq.OZ.AU
Words with stress differences in UK/USA Standard English
(My apologies for being otherwise in the way I indicated
stress in my orginal posting. I have altered this to be
consistent with dictionary entries: 'following primary stress;
, following secondary stress; ? means I am uncertain.)
UK USA
?compe'nsatory ?compensa'to,ry
?headquarters
?in'ventory ?inve'nto,ry
?pre'mature
?weekend
adu'lt a'dult
a'llegory allego'ry
a'rbitrary arbitra'ry
a'ristocrat ari'stocrat
addre'ss (noun) a'ddress (noun)
addre'ss (verb) addre'ss (verb)
adve'rtisement adverti'sement
alumi'nium alu'minum
anci'llary a'ncillary
atta'che attache'
au'ditory au'dito,ry
ba'llet balle't
ba'rrage barra'ge
ba'ton bato'n
baboo'n ba,boo'n
be'ret bere't
ca'fe cafe'
capi'llary ca'pilla,ry
ca'rbonyl carbony'l
Cari'bbean Caribbe'an (also Cari'bbean)
ce'metary ce'meta,ry
chimpan/z/ee's chi'mpan/s/ees
cigare'tte ci'garette
co'mmentary co'mmenta,ry
co'mplex (adj) comple'x
co'mposite compo'site
co'ntribute contri'bute
contro'versy co'ntroversy
coro'llary co'rolla,ry
cro'chet croche't
cro'quet croque't
cu'stomary cu'stoma,ry
de'bri debri'
de'tail detai'l
defa'matory defamato'ry
defe'nce defe'nse (law, military)
defe'nce de'fense (sports commentators in
order to distinguish it from
of'fence)
di'ctionary di'ctiona,ry
dicta'te di'ctate
do'rmitory do'rmito,ry
dona'te do'nate
e'longate elo'ngate
e'xpert (adj) expe'rt (adj)
exple'tive e'xpletive
extrao'rdinary ex'trao,rdinary
Fe'bruary Fe'bua,ry
ferti'le fer'tile
fro'ntier fronti'er
frustra'te fru'strate
ga'rage gara'ge
hara'ssment
here'ditary here'dita,ry
homo'genous ho,moge'neous
i'nnovative i,nnova'tive
ibu'profen i,bupro'fen
inqui'ry i'nquiry
Ju'liette Julie'tte
labo'ratory la'borato,ry
la'mentable lame'ntable
li'terary li'tera,ry
lieute'nant lieu'tenant
loudspea'ker lou'dspeaker
magazi'ne ma'gazine
ma'trimony ma'trimo,ny
macra'me ma'crame
margari'ne ma'garine
mi'litary mi'lita,ry
missi'le mi'ssile
mo'nastery mo'naste,ry
o'rdinarily o'rdina,rily
or ha'rassment hara'ssment
pa'stel paste'l
papier ma'che papier mache'
poli'ce po'lice (SE or working class?)
prete'nce pre'tense
rea'ctionary rea,ctiona'ry
resea'rch re'search
resou'rce re'source
roma'nce ro'mance
se'cretary se'creta,ry
te'mporarily te'mpora,rily
te'rritory te'rrito,ry
te'stimony te'stimo,ny
televi'sion te'levision
transla'te tra'nslate
ura'nus u'ranus
uri'nal u'rinal
Lloyd
L.Holliday at latrobe.edu.au
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