Prefixes and Suffixes

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PREFIXES

These are the words we used as examples in class. Listen again to the difference between the stress on the syllable that has primary stress and the prefix which has secondary stress or is unstressed.
All schwa sounds are indicated with this symbol: &

Nouns	Verbs	Adjectives
&pproach	&scribe	&morph&s
debate	c&mprise	&ware
exhaust	&btain	c&nsist&nt
restrict&n	presume	implic&t

The following words are taken from The University Word List, Xue & Nation, 1984. Listen to the words. Which ones do not follow the stress pattern described above, i.e., a weak or unstressed prefix? (Hint: There are four that don't follow the pattern.)

assign comply indicate preliminary

adjust oscillate premise retain

anomaly condense enumerate revive

append converge impulse prestige

SUFFIXES

Can you recap the three ways discussed in class in which suffixes may affect stress?

Below are two columns of words with suffixes. Listen to the words. Try sorting them according to the three ways by which the suffix affects the stress pattern. Hint: There should be 11 words in group 1, 12 words in group 2 and 9 words in group 3.

accuracy advantageous antithetical awareness Cantonese career cartoon cassette cataclysmic configuration consequential critique dietician diskette engineer generosity

geography guarantee harmonious immediacy interviewee discovery lampoon limitless martyrdom merciless neighbourhood plentiful predictable relationship technique Vietnamese