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Complete the sentence below by providing the correct capitalized syllabified form that indicates primary word stress.

Answer:In English phonology, disyllabic words often shift stress according to their grammatical function. While the verb is pronounced as ex-PORT, the noun form places primary stress on the first syllable and is written as 【EX-port】.

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The correct response for the noun form is EX-port, indicating primary stress on the first syllable.
In English accentuation rules for disyllabic word pairs, nouns carry primary stress on the first syllable (EX-port), while verbs take primary stress on the second syllable (ex-PORT).

Step-by-Step Solution

1
Identify the target word class in the context.
The context requires the noun form of the disyllabic word 'export'.
English disyllabic word stress rules vary between nouns and verbs.
2
Apply the disyllabic stress rule.
Disyllabic nouns generally place primary stress on the first syllable (EX-port), whereas disyllabic verbs place stress on the second syllable (ex-PORT).
Stress placement shifts to mark the distinction between nominal and verbal functions.

Key Concept

Grammatical Category Word Stress Shift (Noun vs Verb)
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Word and Syllable Stress

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