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How did “defect” and “defect” come to have different pronunciations?
There are many interesting events in the history of the English language. Which one of them gave us “defect” (noun, /diːˈfɛkt/, imperfection) and “defect” (verb, /dɪˈfɛkt/ , change allegiances)?
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Why is the verb form of “record” pronounced [ri-kawrd] but the noun form is pronounced [rek-erd]?
Is there a different origin of pronunciation style for record as a verb and as a noun?
Fun fact: in OS X, if you type say "this record" and say "record this" — the text to speech system picks up the ...
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What is the proper emphasis for the word “indent”?
Does indent carry an accent on the first or the second vowel?
I've seen both in IPA. My non-native ear would tend to favor the first.
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Prosodic stress
What difference do different stress positions make to the meaning of the following sentence:
What would you like?
What would you like?
What would you like?
What would you like?
