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Sentence Stress in American English-Using Content, Focus & Function Words
When Americans talk they stress the CONTENT and FOCUS words in a sentence or phrase because these words are integral to the meaning of the sentence. Americans reduce the function words in a sentence because these words are not key to meaning.
Continue reading...American English Pronunciation Tips- Part 2
Sunday, March 8, 2009
This is the second in a series of articles that describe accent reduction strategies you can use to improve your American English pronunciation. Here are two more key strategies you can use to reduce your accent.
Continue reading...Introduction to Sentence Stress and Intonation
Thursday, February 5, 2009
In this lesson you will learn how content, function and focus words affect the rhythm of spoken English. You will also learn to use the two most common sentence intonation patterns in American English.
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