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*The [[verb]] 'to '''refit'''<nowiki>'</nowiki> is stressed on the second syllable: 'ree-fit', {{IPA|ˌriː ˈfɪt}}. | *The [[verb]] 'to '''refit'''<nowiki>'</nowiki> is stressed on the second syllable: 'ree-fit', {{IPA|ˌriː ˈfɪt}}. | ||
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Latest revision as of 09:39, 28 October 2019
The word refit has different stress when it is used 1) as a noun and 2) as a verb.
- The noun 'a refit' is stressed on the first syllable: 'REE-fit', IPA: /ˈriː fɪt/.
- The verb 'to refit' is stressed on the second syllable: 'ree-fit', IPA: /ˌriː ˈfɪt/.
Note
- This pattern of shifting stress in words that look identical but belong to two separate word classes is quite common in English.
- Quirk (1985) (Appendix I.56 B) describes the most common: "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 /ə/ in the verb but a full vowel in the noun: He was con-VICT-ed (IPA: /kən ˈvɪkt ɪd/) of theft, and so became a CON vict (IPA: /ˈkɒn vɪkt/)" [AWE's rendition of IPA].
- There follows a list of some 57 "words having end-stress as verbs but initial stress as nouns in Br[itish] E[nglish]." Note that "in Am[erican] E[nglish], many have initial stress as verbs also". Quirk's list is the foundation of AWE's category:shift of stress. Additions have been made from, amongst others, Fowler, 1926-1996.
- Quirk (1985) (Appendix I.56 B) describes the most common: "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 /ə/ in the verb but a full vowel in the noun: He was con-VICT-ed (IPA: /kən ˈvɪkt ɪd/) of theft, and so became a CON vict (IPA: /ˈkɒn vɪkt/)" [AWE's rendition of IPA].
- This pattern of shifting stress in words that look identical but belong to two separate word classes is quite common in English.
