Suffixes Flashcards

1
Q

stress-attracting endings (-01)

10

A
ade
aire
ese
que
sce
ee
oo
ette
ate
ise/ize
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2
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stress on the penultimate (-10)

8

A
ic(s)
id
it
iscence
escence
ish (V)
itis
osis
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3
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extended ion rule

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In the case of endings composed of one of the orthographic vowels <i> or <u>, followed by one or more vowels, followed by zero or more consonants, the stress will be placed on the syllable preceding the suffix, regardless of whether the suffix is pronounced as one or two syllables </u></i>

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4
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stress on the antepenultimate (-100)

16

A
ety
ity
ible
itude
itute
ecute
graphy/pher
logy/ger
cracy
meter

ate (V, N, adj)
ily
arily
ise/ize

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5
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stress on the pre-antepenultimate (-1000)

4

A

C + ony
C + ary
C + ery
C + ory

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6
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Mixed suffixes rules

A

One consonant + suffix = 100

Two consonants + suffix = 10

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7
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Mixed suffixes list

9

A

Adjectivals :

Al
Ar
An
Ous
Ent
Ant
Ine

Nominals :

Ence
Ance

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8
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Secondary stress rules

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Rhythmic rule
If a word has just two syllables before the syllable carrying primary stress, secondary stress will be assignzd to the first syllable, giving us 201-

Deriving rule
If a word has more than two syllables before the syllable carrying primary stress, secondary stress will be assigned to the syllable carrying primary stress in the deriving word

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