Suffixes Flashcards
stress-attracting endings (-01)
10
ade aire ese que sce ee oo ette ate ise/ize
stress on the penultimate (-10)
8
ic(s) id it iscence escence ish (V) itis osis
extended ion rule
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>
stress on the antepenultimate (-100)
16
ety ity ible itude itute ecute graphy/pher logy/ger cracy meter
ate (V, N, adj)
ily
arily
ise/ize
stress on the pre-antepenultimate (-1000)
4
C + ony
C + ary
C + ery
C + ory
Mixed suffixes rules
One consonant + suffix = 100
Two consonants + suffix = 10
Mixed suffixes list
9
Adjectivals :
Al Ar An Ous Ent Ant Ine
Nominals :
Ence
Ance
Secondary stress rules
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