2020-03-26 Pronunciation: stress changes meaning

Greg Malivuk
gmalivuk@staffordhouse.com
http://www.pastebin.com/u/gmalivuk - Notes from all classes
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Homework: Try to find another English sentence where changing the stress or thought groups can change the meaning completely. (You might find examples where the punctuation shows the difference. Just make sure that the pronunciation also changes, and that you can pronounce both versions.
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Let’s hunt Uncle.
Let’s hunt, / Uncle.

Most of the time, / travelers (/) worry about their luggage. (Regular travelers usually worry.)
Most of the time-travelers / worry about their luggage. (Most time-travelers worry.)

Rachael Ray finds inspiration / in cooking, / her family, / and her dog. = Those are three inspirations.
Rachael Ray finds inspiration / in cooking her family / and her dog. = She cooks her family and dog.
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Sometimes sentences can have two meanings with the same pronunciation:
I saw a man on a hill. - maybe I was on the hill, maybe he was
I saw the man with the telescope. - maybe I used the telescope to see him, maybe he had the telescope
Include your children when cooking. - Maybe they help you, maybe they’re in the food.
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The same is true for individual words. Some pairs are spelled the same but pronounced differently:
record/record
row/row
tear/tear

Other pairs are spelled and pronounced the same:
right/right
sight/sight
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p. 76 - Repeat these common examples of how thought groups are divided.

You’ll be easier to understand / if you speak in thought groups.

Interjections are almost always their own one-word thought group.
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http://ncf.idallen.com/english.html - For some words you can only figure out the correct pronunciation based on the rhyme and rhythm.
gush, bush
steak, streak
break, bleak
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English is hard. It can be understood through tough thorough thought, though.