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What is a secondary stress?
What is primary stress?
Can a word have a secondary stress?
Two kinds of appraisals of a stressor are especially important in this regard: primary and secondary appraisals. A primary appraisal involves judgment about the degree of potential harm or threat to well-being that a stressor might entail.
Two kinds of appraisals of a stressor are especially important in this regard: primary and secondary appraisals. A primary appraisal involves judgment about the degree of potential harm or threat to well-being that a stressor might entail.
Secondary stress (or obsolete: secondary accent) is the weaker of two degrees of stress in the pronunciation of a word, the stronger degree of stress being called primary.
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Primary stress is the one syllable in a word that sticks out the most: It’s longer, louder, and higher in pitch. In the stress system of English, there are 3 levels of stress. There is always a primary stress, and there might be a secondary stress as well.
A stress that is not “Primary” may be classified instead as “Secondary.” According to the ASME Code, a Secondary Stress is defined as: “A normal stress or a shear stress developed by the constraint of adjacent parts or by self-constraint of a structure.” The basic characteristic of a Secondary Stress is that it is self-limiting.
/t/ is flapped. It is possible for a word to have one or more secondary stresses that are less prominent than the main (or primary) stress. For example, the word manatee /ˈmænəˌti/ has a primary stress on the first syllable and a secondary stress on the final syllable, as is evident from the non-flapped /t/ in the onset of the final syllable.
Two kinds of appraisals of a stressor are especially important in this regard: primary and secondary appraisals. A primary appraisal involves judgment about the degree of potential harm or threat to well-being that a stressor might entail.
