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

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.
Chapters
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
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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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Great question! Yes, this can be a bit tricky to identify. Thankfully, you only really find secondary stress in longer words, like you said. I think often you hear 2 stressed syllables: one is the primary and one the secondary. For example, in the adjective 'supernatural' = /ˌsuː.pəˈnætʃ.ər.əl/ - both the first and the third syllable are louder than the others because they are both stressed. Now, the question is which one has the primary stress? My tip would be to sing the word out loud and exaggerate, e.g. as if you were to announce an advert. Listen to yourself: which syllable is now the one that is the loudest, the one you drag out and put the main emphasis on? Voila, that's the primary stress. I hope this helps! (obviously in an exam you have to sing silently in your head!)

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