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comparable sound (and identical spelling). Such word oppositions may or
may not involve phonemic changes of quality.
A relatively small number of words exhibit oppositions of accentual pat-
terns, which are manifested mainly by a shift of pitch or stress prominence,
with slight variations of quantity. Pitch prominence is on the first element for
nouns, and on the second element for verbs.
Noun/Adjective Verb

i. abstract /׳æbstrækt/ /ɔb׳strækt/
ii. digest /׳daidƷest/ /Id׳dƷest/
iii. torment /tɔːmǝnt/ /tɔː׳mǝnt/

More commonly, the change in accentual pattern is manifested mainly
by a shift in pitch prominence together with a related variation of quality.
The qualitative change takes the form of a reduction of the unaccented vowel
of the first element of the verbal form.
Noun/Adjective Verb
i. absent /æbsǝnt/ /ǝb׳sent/

ii. conduct /׳kþndΛkt/ /kǝn׳dΛkt/
iii. perfect /pƷːfikt /pǝ׳fekt/
iv. Object /þbdƷikt/ /ǝb׳d3ekt/
v. record /rekɔːd/ /ri׳kɔːd/
Some exceptions like ׳limit, ׳order, re ׳mark, ׳visit, etc are accented on the
same syllable whether used as nouns or verbs.

Accent in Compound Words
Compound words are made up of two words written as one word with or
without a hyphen. Most compound words have the primary accent on the
first element.
i. ׳ black board
ii. ׳ book case
iii. ׳ bull dog
iv. ׳ card board
v. ׳ knee-cap

vi. ׳ mail-bag
vii. ׳ tail-coat
viii. ׳ gas-mask

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