Sentence: stress changes meaning
Sentence
Sample data
Rhythm and Intonation
Automatic suggestion- STRESS stressed word
- weak usually reduced
- ‿ linking
- | pause between thought groups · || end of sentence
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Sentence stress can change the meaning
I wanted the blue one.
Contrasting colour: the blue one, not another colour.
I wanted the blue one.
Contrasting people: I wanted it, not someone else.
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