Rules for Accentual Patterns
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1. All English words have some accent, primary or secondary, on the first or the second syllable.
E.g. ‘cough, ‘cut, ‘great
‘office, ‘basic, ‘country
Ciga’rette, ‘advertise, ar’tistic
Poli’tician, appli’cation, recom’mended
2. Words with weak prefixes are accented on the root, and not the prefix.
e.g., a’broad, a’cross, ad’mit, ad’vice,
a’head, a’lone, a’loud, a’mount,
a’part, at’tend, be’low, be’tween,
com’pose, cor’rect, de’velop, ex’pect,
oc’cur, pre’fer, re’duce.
3.The inflectional suffixes -es, -ing, -ed, and the following derivational suffixes do not affect the accent:
-age, -dom, -en, -er,
-ess, -ful, -fy, -less,
- let, -ly, -ment, - ness,
-or, -some, -ward.
• Words ending with –ion- accent on the last but one
syllable
e.g : appli'cationimagi'nationconver'sationdetermi'nationintro'ductionqualifi'cation
Connotation, association, concession, relation, satisfaction, preparation, combination, identification, creation, deviation, situation, emotion, determination, digestion, designation, medication, nutrition, attribution, civilization, affection, tension, tradition, composition.
colonization, unification, isolation,
domination, communication, opposition,
conclusion, distinction, assertion,
location, elaboration, industrialization,
frustration, plantation, submission,
aviation, globalization, westernization,
transcription, computerization
Aspiration, expectation, translation,
reaction, fiction, interpretation,
publication, function, emancipation,
proclamation, segregation, discrimination,
condition, constitution, declaration,
obligation, graduation, desolation,
continuation, foundation, justification,
degeneration, destination, devotion,
satisfaction, tribulation, persecution,
redemption, situation, oppression,
nullification, interposition, transformation,
exaltation, revelation, celebration
Words ending with –ic, -ical, ically- accent on the last but one
syllable (syllable preceding the suffix)
e.g. apolo'getice'lectrice'lectricalscien'tificsympa'thetic
Words ending with –ial, -ially- accent on the last but one syllable
(syllable preceding the suffix)
• e.g.
arti'ficial confi’dentiallycere’monial es’sentiallyconfi'dentiales'sentialme'morial
In’dustrial, of’ficial, presi’dential,
matrimonial, denial, partial,
terrestrial, celestial, serial,
genial, martial, cordial,
bestial, centennial, menial,
special, imperial,
Words ending with –ian- accent on the last but one
syllable (syllable preceding the suffix)
• e.g.elec’tricianpoli’tician
mu’sician li’brarian
Words ending with –ious- accent on the last but one
syllable (syllable preceding the suffix)
• e.g.'anxiousin'dustrious
in'jurious lu'xurious
la’borious, re’bellious,
vic’torious, malicious,
devious, pernicious,
ferocious, perfidious,
judicious, suspicious,
curious, dubious,
Words ending with –ity- accent on the syllable preceeding the
suffix, i.e., on the third syllable from the end. - The ante-penultimate syllable
• e.g.ac'tivitymo'rality
ne'cessityorigi'nalitypossi'bility
Elec’tricity, e’quality, gene’rosity,
mo’rality, origi’nality, continuity,
monstrosity, connectivity, variety,
duplicity, atrocity, curiosity,
proclivity, sensitivity, adversity,
serendipity, tenacity, celebrity,
stupidity, quantity, acidity,
veracity, velocity, publicity,
university, humanity, piety,
conductivity, possibility, probability,
Words of more than two syllables ending with –ate
- primary accent is placed two syllables before the suffix, i.e. on the third syllable from the end.
• e.g.‘complicate‘cultivate
‘educate‘fortunate‘separate