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Simple words follow stress patterns based on syllable length, with long syllables receiving stress over short syllables. Compound words have stress on both components but primary stress falls on the first word, even if the words are written separately as in compound nouns like FOOTball and MAILbox. The document provides examples of stress patterns in simple and compound words.

Author

Hemalatha Devarajoo

Language

EN