Tuesday, July 5, 2011

heavy coda and stress

Whether 2 syllable or 3 syllable, the syllable with the heavy coda (-pt, -kt) receives the stress.

cor'rupt
ex'cept
ac'cept
a'dapt
a'dopt
con'tempt (n)
intercept
un'kempt (n)
e'rupt
dis'rupt

3-syl

inter'rupt

eject
deject
reject
redact
contract
disres'pect

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