One aspect of English pronunciation, which is not often taught explicitly in English courses is related to which syllable is stressed inside a word?

Complicated words can become burdensome to pronounce because of syllable stress issues and not so much because the actual sounds are difficult.

Are you hesitating with how to pronounce the following words?  If so, read more about word stress / syllable stress.

perpendicular

ubiquitous

kilometer

photography

 

Word stress:

https://www.englishclub.com/pronunciation/word-stress.htm

http://pronuncian.com/introduction-to-syllable-stress/

http://www.starpronunciation.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/Star-Pron-Bonus-Stress-Rules.pdf





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