In English, stress has a grammatical function, distinguishing between nouns and verbs, such as an insult versus to insult.
But close inspection of this manual for the mental conditioning of gentlemen reveals a strong English stress on character building and practical learning.
Intonation is primarily a matter of variation in the pitch level of the voice (see also tone), but in such languages as English, stress and rhythm are also involved.
Most two-syllable words in English stress the first syllable.
Jefferson's 84-page vision of Christianity, completed about 1819 and given the title The Life and Morals of Jesus of Nazareth Extracted Textually from the Gospels in Greek, Latin, French & English, instead stressed Jesus' moral teachings, particularly the Beatitudes from the Sermon on the Mount.
The annual report by Hope Not Hate, which has spent a decade monitoring far-right groups such as the British National party and English Defence League, stresses that Ukip is not itself of the far right.
Both were bought as stand-alone items at auction, Mr. English said, stressing that their use did not involve the destruction of an Enigma machine or anything that came from a museum.
This new English school, stressing conscientious scholarship, realism, honesty, social awareness, and general disdain for mere swash and buckle, produced work that completely eclipsed the rusty tradition of Marryat and George Alfred Henty.
Tottenham boss Mauricio Pochettino says there is emphasis on him to play Harry Kane because he is English, but stresses he will not bow to pressure.
When lexical stress of the nonwords was varied to a non-English stress pattern, all participants repeated the stimuli with less accuracy, and the CWS again exhibited more errors than NS.
