Thank you Diane for your videos, especially the ones on sentence stress, which I just started to watch. They are very understandable and enjoyable. Things are getting clearer to me, but I still have several questions. Like this one about the stress of the word "now": I just learned the rule from another video of yours that the last stressed word gets the most stress. But when you read the sentence at 1:06 and 3:07 it definitely sounds to me like you're putting the most stress on "book". When you start to talk about this rule I mentioned at 3:50, I can hear that you're putting the most stress on "now". But actually to me the first two versions (where I hear "book" stressed) sound more natural and familiar. I'd be happy to read your opinion and explanation on this.
Hi. I listened carefully to the video. In the first two versions, I hear the most stress on the N in 'now'; in fact, N has a slightly higher pitch than BOOK, but this drops down quickly and dramatically for OW (intonation), which sounds less stressed. However, NOW keeps the volume and length (even longer than BOOK) of a stressed word. At 3:50, I am demonstrating intonation and it seems I'm slowing down my speech, therefore increasing word length. Perhaps I put a little more emphasis on NOW for clarity of intonation. You are an excellent listener!
Thank you for the explanation teacher, your way of speaking made it easy to understand even though English is not my mother tongue and I am still learning it. Have a nice day UwU
he's REAding a BOOK NOW. The word "reading" has two syllables: read-ing /ˈriːdɪŋ/, so we stress only the first syllable /ˈriː/, and not both of them. In an English word of more than one syllable, there is only one syllable stressed, the other unstressed.
Exactly. That's word stress. This video explains sentence stress, which may be unknown and new for some viewers, but it is essential in the English language. Sentence stress makes the rhythm of English.
Hi. In ton 'a tion has four syllables and stress is on the third syllable. I reviewed the video with another person. We both agreed that I correctly put stress on the third syllable. I'm not sure why you hear it differently. Thanks for watching.
Hi. There are three levels of word stress: primary, secondary, and tertiary (weakest). In 'intonation' they are in=tertiary, ton=secondary, a=primary, tion=tertiary. Perhaps you heard the secondary stress on 'ton' after the tertiary on 'in' and noticed a stress increase on the second syllable. Just my thoughts.
@@basicamericanpronunciation7726I think perhaps the confusion is just because you put a little more relative accentuation on "to" than some English speakers I've heard (especially those who speak British English), pronouncing it almost like: >> ˌɪntoʊˈneɪʃən [in-tou-NA-tion] ... rather than: >> ˌɪntəˈneɪʃən. [in-to-NA-tion] I've heard many American speakers pronounce "tə" this way like "toʊ" as you do, but it might throw off people used to hearing it more like the British pronunciation. It was clear to my ears though that you still placed the primary accent on the third syllable and secondary accent on the first. I think the poster was just thrown off by the different, slightly-longer way you pronounced the "to" syllable.
Hi. 'A Pronouncing Dictionary of American English' by Merriam-Webster shows ɪn to 'ne ʃən, and that's the only pronunciation I've heard in the US. Usually we don't write oʊ for o. Even though there are two vowel sounds, the second vowel, ʊ, is too minimal for o to be considered a diphthong. It makes sense that outside the US people are often more familiar with British pronunciation. You are an astute listener. I enjoyed your comment.
@@basicamericanpronunciation7726 Thank you! I'm still a neophyte to phonetics in general, but I have learned to develop an ear for stressed syllables as a result of a lot of scansion of poetry and attempting to write some of my own. I could clearly hear that you stressed the third syllable correctly, although I hope you'll forgive me if I did a poor job of explaining what I think happened phonetically that threw off the original poster.
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Thank you Diane for your videos, especially the ones on sentence stress, which I just started to watch. They are very understandable and enjoyable. Things are getting clearer to me, but I still have several questions. Like this one about the stress of the word "now": I just learned the rule from another video of yours that the last stressed word gets the most stress. But when you read the sentence at 1:06 and 3:07 it definitely sounds to me like you're putting the most stress on "book". When you start to talk about this rule I mentioned at 3:50, I can hear that you're putting the most stress on "now". But actually to me the first two versions (where I hear "book" stressed) sound more natural and familiar. I'd be happy to read your opinion and explanation on this.
Hi. I listened carefully to the video. In the first two versions, I hear the most stress on the N in 'now'; in fact, N has a slightly higher pitch than BOOK, but this drops down quickly and dramatically for OW (intonation), which sounds less stressed. However, NOW keeps the volume and length (even longer than BOOK) of a stressed word. At 3:50, I am demonstrating intonation and it seems I'm slowing down my speech, therefore increasing word length. Perhaps I put a little more emphasis on NOW for clarity of intonation. You are an excellent listener!
@@basicamericanpronunciation7726 Thanks for the answer.
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Thank you for the explanation teacher, your way of speaking made it easy to understand even though English is not my mother tongue and I am still learning it. Have a nice day UwU
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he's REAding a BOOK NOW.
The word "reading" has two syllables: read-ing /ˈriːdɪŋ/, so we stress only the first syllable /ˈriː/, and not both of them. In an English word of more than one syllable, there is only one syllable stressed, the other unstressed.
Exactly. That's word stress. This video explains sentence stress, which may be unknown and new for some viewers, but it is essential in the English language. Sentence stress makes the rhythm of English.
In your pronunciation of 'intonation' you stress on the second syllable. The right stress is on the third syllable.
Hi. In ton 'a tion has four syllables and stress is on the third syllable. I reviewed the video with another person. We both agreed that I correctly put stress on the third syllable. I'm not sure why you hear it differently. Thanks for watching.
Hi. There are three levels of word stress: primary, secondary, and tertiary (weakest). In 'intonation' they are in=tertiary, ton=secondary, a=primary, tion=tertiary. Perhaps you heard the secondary stress on 'ton' after the tertiary on 'in' and noticed a stress increase on the second syllable. Just my thoughts.
@@basicamericanpronunciation7726I think perhaps the confusion is just because you put a little more relative accentuation on "to" than some English speakers I've heard (especially those who speak British English), pronouncing it almost like:
>> ˌɪntoʊˈneɪʃən [in-tou-NA-tion]
... rather than:
>> ˌɪntəˈneɪʃən. [in-to-NA-tion]
I've heard many American speakers pronounce "tə" this way like "toʊ" as you do, but it might throw off people used to hearing it more like the British pronunciation.
It was clear to my ears though that you still placed the primary accent on the third syllable and secondary accent on the first. I think the poster was just thrown off by the different, slightly-longer way you pronounced the "to" syllable.
Hi. 'A Pronouncing Dictionary of American English' by Merriam-Webster shows ɪn to 'ne ʃən, and that's the only pronunciation I've heard in the US. Usually we don't write oʊ for o. Even though there are two vowel sounds, the second vowel, ʊ, is too minimal for o to be considered a diphthong. It makes sense that outside the US people are often more familiar with British pronunciation. You are an astute listener. I enjoyed your comment.
@@basicamericanpronunciation7726 Thank you! I'm still a neophyte to phonetics in general, but I have learned to develop an ear for stressed syllables as a result of a lot of scansion of poetry and attempting to write some of my own. I could clearly hear that you stressed the third syllable correctly, although I hope you'll forgive me if I did a poor job of explaining what I think happened phonetically that threw off the original poster.
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