Strong & weak form

Question 1

what kind of language is English?

Answer 1

a stress-timed language

Question 2

What words are stressed?

Answer 2

• lexical words
• wh interrogatives (who, what, why, etc)
• demonstrative : this, these, that, those
• phrasal verb particles (watch out, stand up, etc)
• be & auxiliaries only in short answers and tags

Question 3

What words aren’t stressed?

Answer 3

Grammatical words, unless there is an emphasis

Question 4

is “be” stressed?

Answer 4

be auxiliary and be verb = not stressed

Question 5

is “have” stressed?

Answer 5

have auxiliary = not stressed
have verb = stressed