2018-10-30 Pronunciation: content and structure words

Greg Malivuk
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http://www.pastebin.com/u/gmalivuk - notes from all classes
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Homework: practice the rhythm and pronunciation of this poem. Tomorrow we will try as a class to say it together at about 120 bpm
https://www.google.com/search?q=metronome
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In “Disobedience”, what kinds of words have stresses? What kinds don’t?
yes: nouns, main verbs (except some “said”s), adjectives, negatives (“don’t”), adverbs
no: articles, prepositions, pronouns, auxiliary verbs (and some “said”s), conjunctions
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Listen to two versions of the same conversation. Can you tell what’s happening in it?
(p. 41 has both versions and the complete conversation)
Content words give the key information in a sentence, and are usually pronounced with stress.
Structure words mostly give grammatical information in a sentence, and are usually unstressed.
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p. 62 describes types of content words (it also includes wh- words and interjections)
exercise 5 - Each sentence has two main stresses. Which syllables are stressed?
(These are the typical stress patterns for the sentences, but other words might be stressed in situations where we focus on particular information.)
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Homework (optional): Practice trying to read the poem even faster than we did today.