(c) Stress in Adjectives
(i)
Bi-syllabled adjectives
For
bi-syllabled adjectives like nouns, the stress falls on the first syllable.
Examples:
'happy 'angry
'hungry 'thirsty
'ready 'naughty
'nosey 'hazy
'greedy 'cloudy
'windy 'dusty
Exceptions
cor'rect
o'paque po'lite con'cise pre'cise na'ive
on'line
on'side ob'scene pro'found
(ii)
Poly-syllabled adjectives
3
syllabled adjectives, the stress falls on the pen-ultimate.
Examples:
at'tractive
in'stinctive or'ganic
inor'ganic pro'ductive
pre'carious pre'scriptive
de'structive con'structive
Exceptions
'beautiful 'preferable 'probable 'sensitive 'confident
'innocent 'ignorant
----- 4 syllabled adjectives, the primary stress
falls on the
ante-pen-ultimate.
Examples:
in'quisitive
pre'requisite pre'cipitious pro'fessional
pre'liminary
pre'rogative par'ticular in'vincible
Exceptions
confi'dential presi'dential
resi'dential inju'dicious
'innovative
bicen'tennial
-----
5 syllabled nouns, verbs, adjectives and adverbs, the
stress fall on the root of the word
or on the syllable next to
it.
(The stress usually falls on the second
or third syllable.)
Examples:
di'scriminatory
(di'scriminate) diˌscrimi'nation
ˌinter'national ('nation) ('national) cate'gorical ('category)
re'frigeˌrator ˌdepart'mentally
(de'partment)
ˌpossi'bility ('possible)
ˌincon'veniently (ˌincon'venient)
The stress is always on ‘'~ation’ the
pen-ultimate syllable.
inˌterpre'tation (in'terpret) incan'tation transpor'tation
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