What are the 'Laws of Stress' for word pronunciation, including rules for two-syllable nouns and verbs, and strategies for polysyllabic words?

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Laws of Stress

1. If you want to stress a word of two syllables:
   • If it is a noun, you will stress the first syllable.
     • Example: Mo-ther $\rightarrow$ MO-ther
2. Whenever we have a word of two syllables:
   • If it is a verb, we will stress the second syllable.
     • Example: Pre-sent $\rightarrow$ Pre-SENT
3. How to identify the stress syllable in polysyllabic words:
   • Words ending in:
     • -ary: Recovery $\rightarrow$ re-COV-ery
     • -ish: Establish $\rightarrow$ es-TAB-lish
     • -osis: Osmosis $\rightarrow$ os-MO-sis
     • -ible: Sensible $\rightarrow$ SEN-si-ble
     • -ics: Statistics $\rightarrow$ Sta-TIS-tics
     • -ous: (No example provided in notes)
     • -ian: Nigerian $\rightarrow$ Ni-GE-rian
     • -ion: Information $\rightarrow$ In-for-MA-tion
     • -ial: Financial $\rightarrow$ Fi-NAN-cial
     • -ia: Nigeria $\rightarrow$ Ni-GE-ria
     • -ic: Dramatic $\rightarrow$ Dra-MA-tic
     • -lent: Lenient $\rightarrow$ LE-nient