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| − | + | ::This pattern of shifting stress in words that look identical but belong to two separate [[word class]]es is quite common in English. [[Quirk]] (Appendix I.56 B) remarks: "When [[verb]]s of two syllables are converted into [[noun]]s, the stress is sometimes shifted from the second to the first [[syllable]]. The first syllable, typically a [[Latin]] [[prefix]], often has a reduced vowel [[schwa|/É™/]] in the verb but a full [[vowel]] in the noun: | |
| − | + | ::::He was ''conˈvicted'' ({{IPA|kÉ™n}} of theft, and so became a ''ˈconvict'' ({{IPA|kÉ’n}}." | |
| − | + | ::There follows a list of some 57 "words having end-stress as verbs but initial stress as nouns in Br[itish] E[nglish] (in Am[erican] E[nglish], many have initial stress as verbs also)". This list is the foundation of AWE's [[:category:shift of stress]]. | |
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- This pattern of shifting stress in words that look identical but belong to two separate word classes is quite common in English. Quirk (Appendix I.56 B) remarks: "When verbs of two syllables are converted into nouns, the stress is sometimes shifted from the second to the first syllable. The first syllable, typically a Latin prefix, often has a reduced vowel /É™/ in the verb but a full vowel in the noun:
- There follows a list of some 57 "words having end-stress as verbs but initial stress as nouns in Br[itish] E[nglish] (in Am[erican] E[nglish], many have initial stress as verbs also)". This list is the foundation of AWE's category:shift of stress.
