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 ...

What is word stress and how do we use it? In words with more than one syllable, there’s usually at least one syllable that sounds clearer or more obvious. Maybe it’s stronger, louder or higher. For ...

Joinem Janice Petersen blong lanem ol stress pattern mo harem mo luk save ol namba we I finis long -teen or -ty. Ol minipod series ia oli isi wei blong yu save impruvum ol pronunciation blong yu.

The rules for determining syllable boundaries should be applied in the following order. From this order better generalizations can be made. The ordering goes from the more specific to the less ...