Question

State the rules of determine the location of the primary stress in each of the following words....1 generosity 2 economical 3 application 4millionaire 5 a loud

Answer 1

1. generosity          -       gene'ROsity   (words ending in  'ty' have stess on third last syllable)
2.  economical       -       eco'NOmical   (words ending in 'cal' have stress on the third last syllable)
3. application        -        appli'CAtion     (words ending in 'tion' have stress on the second last syllable)
4.  millionaire        -         millio'NAire      (words with suffix 'aire' have stress on the syllable just before the suffix)
5.  aloud               -         a'Loud      (words with prefix a have stressed syllable  just after the prefix)