Intonation/ stress
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Message from clint01 posted on 10-03-2014 at 11:45:38 (D | E | F)
Hello,
Does anybody know by any chance where to put the stress in the phrase: English teacher?
1-meaning a teacher who teaches English
2-meaning an English person who is a teacher
A few years ago I read in a book that with changing the place where we put the stress the meaning of the above-mentioned one changes. But I don't remember which is which.
Let me give you an example: BLACKbird with the stress on the first syllable is actually a particular species of birds that is black in colour.
But blackBIRD with the stress on the second syllable is ANY bird which is black in colour.
Thank you for your help.
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Edited by lucile83 on 10-03-2014 12:32
Message from clint01 posted on 10-03-2014 at 11:45:38 (D | E | F)
Hello,
Does anybody know by any chance where to put the stress in the phrase: English teacher?
1-meaning a teacher who teaches English
2-meaning an English person who is a teacher
A few years ago I read in a book that with changing the place where we put the stress the meaning of the above-mentioned one changes. But I don't remember which is which.
Let me give you an example: BLACKbird with the stress on the first syllable is actually a particular species of birds that is black in colour.
But blackBIRD with the stress on the second syllable is ANY bird which is black in colour.
Thank you for your help.
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Edited by lucile83 on 10-03-2014 12:32
Re: Intonation/ stress from gerondif, posted on 10-03-2014 at 17:10:32 (D | E)
Hello,
Does anybody know by any chance where to put the stress in the phrase: English teacher? It is not chance but a rule.
1-meaning a teacher who teaches English: an ENglish teacher.(a compound noun, there used to be hyphens in the old days, so no confusion could happen then....)
2-meaning an English person who is a teacher: an ENglish TEAcher.You are right, a BLACKbird is "turdus merula" in Latin, un merle in French, whereas a BLACK BIRD is any bird which happens to be black.
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