Monday, September 27, 2010

-ant, -ent: stress

-ant is predominantly nonshifting

2 syllables:

re-'pel - re-'pel-lant
de-'pend - de-'pen-dant
re-'sist - re-'sis-tant
a-'ssist - a-ssis-tant

3 syllables
,dom-i-'nate 'dom-i-nant
de-'ter-mine de-'term-i-nant


exceptions:

,sig-ni-'fy - sig-'nif-i-cant
,mag-ni-'fy - mag-'nif-i-cent
mu -'nif-i-cent



pro'test -- pro'tes-tant (not that denomination, adj)
'Prot-e-stant (Christian denomination)


p.59, note 2 Stress-based approach, pronouncing English

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