| 1. Alternation of stressed and unstressed syllables... | a) both the immediately following and immediately preceding words are stressed; b) semantic weight of a word in the given context ; c) the utterance is very long; d) is a very important feature of English rhythm; e) the rule of “normal” stressing; f) is typical of English oral speech g) the influence of rhythm. | |
| 2. Notional words can be “deprived” of prominence if... | ||
| 3. The decisive factor for utterance-stress is the ... |