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Primary and secondary stress in a sentence. Dear teachers and members: I would like to know if the primary and secondary stress are correct in the sentence that follows: BEHIND CLOSED DOORS, BEYOND THE HEADLINES, EVERY CITY HAS A DARK SIDE. /bɪˈhaɪnd ˈkləʊzd dɔːz/, /bɪˈjɒnd ðə ˈhɛdˌlaɪnz/, /ˈɛvrɪ ˈsɪtɪ hæz ə ˈdɑːk saɪd/ In the above sentence every word has its phonmic transcription individually, so in the following fonemic transcription I linked the sounds according to my concept. /bɪˈhaɪnd ˈkləʊzˌdɔːz, bɪˈjɒnd ðəˈhɛdˌlaɪnz, ˌɛvrɪˈsɪtɪ ˈhæzəˈdɑːkˌsaɪd/ My OBSERVATIONS: 1) An adjectives must be pronounced along with the noun which it modifies, putting the primary stress in the adjective and the secondary one in the noun, as in: Closed doors, every city and dark side. 2) A noun and a preposition must be pronounced without any modification in its stress, unless the preposition is acting as a function word. 3) I find that some stress changes from prymary to secondary stress, and vice versa /ˈɛvrɪ ˈsɪtɪ/ changed into /ˌɛvrɪˈsɪtɪ/ QUESTIONS: a) Are there three thought groups in this sentences? 1) /behind closed doors/; 2) /beyond the headlines/; 3) /every city has a dark side/ b) Must all of the thought groups sounds be pronounced as one sound? 1) /behind closed doors/ : /bɪˈhaɪndˈkləʊzˌdɔːz/ 2) /beyond the headlines/ : /bɪˈjɒndðəˈhɛdˌlaɪnz/ 3) /every city has a dark side/ : /ˈɛvrɪˌsɪtɪˈhæzəˈdɑːkˌsaɪdˈdɑːkˌsaɪd/ c) Is there a glottal stop between the linking sound of the phoneme /K/ and /S/ in DARK SIDE? /ˈdɑːk?ˌsaɪd/ d) Can in this sentence the primary stress be analyzed as follwos? Behind closed doors, beyond the headlines, every city has a dark side. 1) Behind what? Closed doors; open doors. The adjective bearing the primary stress. 2) Beyond what? The headlines; The comments. The noun bearing the primary stress. 3) Every what? City; County. The noun bearing the primary stress. 4) What does a every city have? A dark side; a bad side. The adjective bearing the primary stress. I ask for your assistance and help in this matter. |
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