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Soru

Zorluk: ZorWord and Syllable Stress

Which of the following options represents the correct primary stress placement for the word characteristic?

  1. char-ac-ter-IS-ticCevap
  2. B
    char-ac-TER-is-tic
  3. C
    CHAR-ac-ter-is-tic
  4. D
    char-ac-ter-is-TIC

Cevap

The syllabification showing primary stress on the penultimate syllable, rendered as 'char-ac-ter-IS-tic', is the correct form.
The syllabification 'char-ac-ter-IS-tic' correctly places primary stress on the penultimate syllable 'IS'. Adjectives ending with the suffix '-ic' systematically draw main accentuation to the syllable immediately before the suffix.

Adım Adım Çözüm

1
Identify the base word and suffix structure
The target word is 'characteristic', composed of five syllables: char-ac-ter-is-tic, ending in the suffix '-ic'.
English suffix rules dictate primary stress assignment in polysyllabic words.
2
Apply the phonological stress rule for the '-ic' suffix
Words ending in '-ic' consistently place primary stress on the penultimate (second to last) syllable: char-ac-ter-IS-tic.
In English phonology, the suffix '-ic' is stress-imposing, pulling the accent to the syllable immediately preceding it.

Anahtar Kavram

Penultimate Syllable Stress with '-ic' Suffix
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Konular

Word and Syllable Stress

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