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English Word Stress in the Rhythmical Context of Australian and New Zealand Speech
- Authors: Shevchenko T.1, Borzykh A.1
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Affiliations:
- Moscow State Linguistic University
- Issue: No 1(895) (2025)
- Pages: 112-118
- Section: Linguistics
- URL: https://journals.rcsi.science/2542-2197/article/view/279197
- ID: 279197
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Abstract
The paper reports on the new results of corpora analysis of stress in polysyllabic words based on the speech of Australian and New Zealand residents. The aim of the study is twofold: to explore specific features of rhythm in either country and to compare actual realizations of word stress patterns with dictionaries’ data. Australian English demonstrates features of syllable-based rhythm due to the speakers’ habit of prolonging unstressed syllables; New Zealand rhythm is faster and accent-based. In reading most of the patterns in both countries are British-oriented; the presence of secondary stresses which were found in reading by perceptual acoustic method is not consistently reflected in the Australian dictionary.
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Tatyana Shevchenko
Moscow State Linguistic University
Author for correspondence.
Email: tatashevchenko@mail.ru
Russian Federation
Anna Borzykh
Moscow State Linguistic University
Email: anna.a.borzykh@mail.ru
Russian Federation
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