2018-02-26 Pronunciation: compound nouns

Greg Malivuk
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http://www.pastebin.com/u/gmalivuk - notes from all classes
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Word and Syllable Stress (nouns, verbs, numbers, initials)
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desert / dessert - As nouns, the only difference in the pronunciation of these words is stress.
p. 39 exercise 1A - Mark the words or phrases you hear.
1 b
2 a
3 a
4 b
5 b
6 b
7 a
8 a
9 b
10 a
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thirteen / thirty
fourteen / forty
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nineteen / ninety
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(exercise 1A) Now with your partner try to pronounce one word from each pair and your partner identifies which one you said.
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p. 40 exercise 2A - Write/draw the stress pattern for each word. Then listen and check.
1 0o
2 o0
3 o0o
4 o0
5 0o
6 0o
7 o0
8 0o
9 o0o
10 0o
11 0o
12 0o
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In English, most (not all) two-syllable nouns and (given) names have stress on the first syllable.
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In compound nouns, the first word always has stronger stress.
	(Normally we think of compounds as noun+noun, but verb+particle nouns (from phrasal verbs) also follow this pronunciation rule.)
- The unstressed word in a compound still has the full pronunciation, just lower and shorter.
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English teacher - With stress on the first word, this is a compound noun for a person who teaches English.
English teacher - With equal stress on both words (or maybe some stress on “teacher”), this is adjective + noun for a teacher who is English.
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p. 41-42 exercise 4 - With your partner, ask what these things are called and see if your partner knows the compound noun answer. Then switch roles for the next 7 in part B.
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The head noun is last in English compounds:
A drugstore is a type of store.
A bookbag is a type of bag.
Room service is a type of service.
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A mailbox is a box for mail.
If you lock it, you use a mailbox key.
If you put that key in a box, it’s a mailbox key box.
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Most compounds have a meaning like “for”, but not always.
olive oil = oil made of olives
baby oil = oil for babies
Batman = a man who looks like a bat