Absence of stress on a syllable, or on a word in some cases, is frequently associated in English with vowel __________, the changes that result from unstressed syllables.
A: reduction
B: quality
C: loudness
D: pitch
A: reduction
B: quality
C: loudness
D: pitch
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- 中国大学MOOC: Absence of stress on a syllable, or on a word in some cases, is frequently associated in English withvowel __________, the changes that result from unstressed syllables.
- The notion of rhythm comes from the unstressed syllables. Word and sentence stress combine to create the rhythm of an English utterance.
- 中国大学MOOC: The notion of rhythm comes from the unstressed syllables. Word and sentence stress combine to create the rhythm of an English utterance.
- Rhythm in English speech is based on stress. A rhythm unit is formed by a stressed syllable, together with unstressed syllables which may come before that stress and/or after it.
- Just as in music, spoken English moves in regular, rhythmic beats from stress to stress – irrespective of how many unstressed syllables fall in between.