Words that are both nouns and verbs (pronunciation) In English, there are some nouns and verbs which have the same form. However, their pronunciation is different. Usually, the stress falls on the first syllable, when one of these words is used as a noun, whereas when it is used as a verb, it has the stress on the second syllable. Have a look at the list below to become familiar with these verbs and nouns so that you can avoid pronunciation mistakes.
The book is the first systematic exploration of a series of phonological phenomena previously thought to be unified under the rubric of syllable weight. Drawing on a typological survey of 400 languages, it is shown that the traditional conception that languages are internally consistent in their weight criteria across weight-based processes is not corroborated by the cross-linguistic survey.
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