Word Stress - Part 1 | English Pronunciation - What is word stress?

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0:00 Introduction
1:52 What is word stress? - a definition
3:04 Examples (stress bubbles, stress indication in dictionaries)
8:09 How do we identify word stress?
11:21 Word stress impacts quality of vowel sounds
13:51 What about unstressed words? - full & weak forms
15:21 Primary vs. secondary stress in words
17:58 Test

★★ WHAT THIS VIDEO IS ABOUT★★
In this video we are going to have a look at word stress in English. It is important to know which part, or better which syllable, in a word is more prominent so that the word sounds right and so that people understand it when we say it. You will learn that only one syllable in a word is stressed (= carries the primary stress) and we will look at examples so you can see that a stressed syllable is: 1. longer, 2. louder, 3. has a change in pitch, 4. is easier to hear and 5. results in larger facial movements. We will go over multiple examples and you will also learn how to recognise word stress in the phonemic transcript in dictionaries.

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Billie is a pronunciation coach and content creator based in Barcelona, Spain. Her main focus is English pronunciation, phonology and helping learners speak more fluently. Billie has a degree in Communication Research & Phonology, a PGCE in Primary Education, a Trinity College Cert & DiplomaTESOL and over 17 years of teaching experience. She also works as a CELTA teacher trainer, Cambridge examiner and educational advisor. Her videos have been featured in the Google funded AI app ELSA speak.

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[kemjwyf]

I like the video and I have a quick question. It is about Spanish not English . This question is not about where to put the stress, but more like what is a stress. When I search for Spanish stress, it just tells me where the stress should be, and I wanted to know what stress is. In my search, I saw this video about English stress (I’m a native speaker) and it said that the stress of the word means it’s louder and also longer. I tried the exercises and it’s a very subtle effect. I hardly stress at all but it sounds right. I’ve learned Spanish in various courses, and many, like Michel Thomas, really emphasize the stress and make the stressed syllable longer, so "puedo" is "pweeeh doh" with the "pweeh" part much longer. Or "quiero" is "key aiiirr roe". I saw a clip in Spanish that said that the syllable length doesn’t get longer but just gets louder which surprised me. I then went to a site where a Spanish speaker pronounced the words, and you see her face and the words underneath and word broken up into the syllables and showing the stressed one. It still sounds to me like that Spanish speaker is elongating the stressed syllable and not just making it louder. However, after listening to it a lot, I can see that it might not be longer but my English ear is hearing it longer. It might just be that it is louder but to my ear, it sounds longer/ elongated in Spanish? Anyone help with this?

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[celestevallejos]

Hi Billie! thanks for the nice video ❤ I was wondering if there is any tips to identify secondary stress, I really can't notice when a word has it, I know that it is likely with long words but the only way I can know is if I check on dictionary

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[victorialovato]

Your classes are really useful, Billie. Thanks. I have a question about this class and previous videos about this topic... Are the rules that you shared with us British or American?

[hamidfareed]

I m a student of Linguistics.
Its my favorite topic. Bcs of stress i like English language.

[bbbravoboy]

For "computer, " I thought the rule was if the word is 3 syllables and ends in "er" then the stressed syllable is third from the end which would make it COM.pu.ter. Am I wrong?