Expertlatin
- What is an example of accent in compound words?
- What are the stress rules for compound words?
- What is word accent and its grammatical function?
- What is the accent rule in Latin?
What is an example of accent in compound words?
In most compound words in English, the primary accent falls usually on the first element. e.g. pen-friend, hand-bag.
What are the stress rules for compound words?
Compound nouns are stressed on the first word in the compound. Compound verbs are stressed on the second word in the compound. In compound adjectives the stress is on the second part of the compound. Hyphenated compound words often have short words in the middle.
What is word accent and its grammatical function?
Word accent sometimes contributes to the word function in the sense that it tends to determine whether a particular word is a noun/adjective or a verb. First of all, word accent underlines grammatical relation between words. There are a number of words in English which function as noun/adj and also verbs.
What is the accent rule in Latin?
Unlike English there are fairly consistent rules to work out where the stress accent is placed in Latin words. 1) For words of two syllables, the accent usually goes on the second last syllable. 2) For words of more than two syllables where the second last syllable is long, the accent goes on the second last syllable.
