English Language and Literature (Classic Reprint)

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Excerpt from English Language and LiteratureThe sounds of a language may be united to form syllables, and these united form words. But not all syllables have equal value, because some have strong stress or accent, some medium stress and some weak stress (usually called unaccented). Indeed, the same syllable of the same word may not always have the same stress. For example, we may use Indeed with varioiis intonations to express various feelings, and the stress and vowel sounds will alter in each case though the spelling remain the same. A simple sentence such as Where are you going? May be inter preted in at least four different ways, and have change of stress with each. But some languages do not use stress or accent at all, but rather pitch or intonation to indicate the relative importance of syllables of words. Intonation and stress are so difierent that it is all but impossible for a per son born to the musical language to learn to speak a language with 'stress or expiratory accent correctly.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.