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Sentence Stress in American English-Using Content, Focus & Function Words

Tuesday, September 1, 2009

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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.

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American English Pronunciation Tips- Part 2

Sunday, March 8, 2009

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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.

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Introduction to Sentence Stress and Intonation

Thursday, February 5, 2009

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Introduction to Sentence Stress and Intonation

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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