Stress
Stress patterns in English differ from those in other languages and they can be used to convey meaning. Watch this video and learn more.
Note:
The video explains that in English (1) in a word, a particular syllable will be stressed (word stress), and (2) in a sentence, a particular word will be stressed (sentence stress).
The video goes to explain that in the case of sentence stress, it is normally the last word in a sentence that will be stressed. This is because in English, new information normally occurs at the right-end side of the sentence. By stressing the last word, therefore, the new information will stand out.
For example, ‘a desk’ is new information in the sentence below:
What is your neighbor building? My neighbour is buiding A DESK.
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