1、syllable ex.,nation nationalalbum albuminorient orientalconspire conspiracy,n-tion n-tio-nall-bum al-b-mino-ri-ent o-ri-en-talcon-spre con-sp-ra-cy,Is the word stress be predicable?, ntion ntionallbum albminorient orientalconspre conspracy,1.The stress is rarely on the last syllable(noun),human crea
2、ture victim-ee: employee guarantee -oo: shampoo bamboo,2.The primary stress主重音 is on the second-tothelast syllable (penult) if it is long,2.1. horizon(long vowel, tense vowel)2.2. embarrass(overlapping consonant )utensil(consonant cluster)-ic (adj.) horrific problematic i ,3. The stress is on the th
3、ird-tothelast syllable(antepenult) if the penultimate syllable is short:,America philosophyi (short vowel, lax vowel) -ology phonology phenomenology -ity: simplicity availability -ous: anonymous religious -ian: Italian authoritarian,4.The stress of the stem sometimes persists (词词缀),-ism,-ist,-ize,-m
4、ent ,-able (中和派生词缀）individualism (individual) internationalist (international)serialize (serial)establishment (establish)identifiable (identify)inflectional suffix(屈折后缀：-ed,-s,-ly)investigated (investigate) consequences(consequence)consequently (consequent),Summary,1.The stress is rarely on the last
5、 syllable(noun,adj). 2.The stress is on the penult if it is long. 3.The stess is on the antepenult if it is short. 4.The stress of the stem sometimes persists.（词词缀）5. The stress assignment is closely related to suffix！ photo(1)photograph(4)photography(3)photographic(2)photographically(2),environment
6、alist ?environment (environ)environmen-tal(2)environmen-talist(4),（词缀/ 非中和派生词缀）,？stress suffix,n-tion n-tio-nall-bum al-b-mino-ri-ent o-ri-en-talcon-spre con-sp-ra-cy,参考文献,李佳俊，1998， 英语读音的奥秘M。 北京: 中国国际广播出版社。 段开源译,1991,掌握医学英语。北京:世界图书出版社。 黄小萍，2000，试论英语短音化规则J,华侨大学学报(哲社版)第一期,115-120页。 詹亚华主编，1998, 医药拉丁语M。北京：中国医药科技出版社。 周连鸿、张志成编译，1991，医学英语术语学入门。上海:上海翻译出版公司。,
