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the syllable carrying the primary accent is said to be carrying the secondary
accent. Secondary accent is generally to the left of the primary accent and is
taken up by the syllable carrying the primary accent in the un-derived form
of the word
For example:
/ ıgzæmıncı∫n / examination
/ æplıkeı∫n/ application
Word accent in English is not unpredictable. In fact, words belonging to
certain patterns are accented on a particular syllable. There are a set of rules,
which help to place the accent on the right syllable. Some of the rules are
given in Table 9.1.

Table 9.1

Pattern Stressed Syllable Examples
1. Weak prefixes accented on the root a׳ broad
2. Words ending in –ion accented on the penultimate appli׳ cation
syllable culti׳ vation
3. Words ending in –ic –ical accented on the syllable preceding e׳ lectric
and –ically the suffix gram׳ matical
po׳ litically
4. Words ending in –ity accented on the antepenultimate ac׳ tivity
syllable ne׳ cessity
e׳ quality
5. Words ending in –ate with accented on two syllables before ׳complicate
more than two syllables the suffix par׳ ticipate

6. Disyllabic verbs ending in –ate accented on the 2 syllable mi׳ grate
nd
nar׳ rate
7a. Inflectional suffixes –ed, –es do not affect accent recom׳ mended
and –ing ׳ focuses
ad׳ vancing
7b. Derivational suffixes do not normally affect the ׳ childhood
–age , –ance , –en , –er, –ess , word accent ap׳ pearance
–ful, –hood , –ice, –ish , –ive , ׳ friendship
–less, –ly , –ment, –ness , –or,
–ship, –ter, ure and –zen
8. Words with the Suffixes accented on the syllable ci׳ vilian
–ian , –iance , –ious , –ity preceding the suffix mu׳ sician
׳ brilliance
am׳ bitious
uni׳ versity
millio׳ naire
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