Sometimes word stress can change the meaning of the word completely. For example, record. If you stress the first syllable ( ...

Languages are either syllable-timed, where all the syllables in a word last for the same amount of time, even when syllables are stressed, or stress-timed, where stressed syllables are pronounced at ...

This article presents the results of an investigation into the acquisition of syllable structure and stress by one Dutch child, Joost, between age 1;8 and 2;11. In the first half of the article we ...

Machado’s full name, Maria Corina Machado, follows traditional Spanish pronunciation. It’s spoken as: Let’s look at each part: - María (mah-REE-ah) – The stress falls on the second syllable, “REE.” ...