How does stress affect the meaning of a word?

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Stress in linguistics refers to the emphasis or prominence placed on a specific syllable or part of a word when speaking. Stress can affect the meaning of a word in some languages, although English is not typically one of them. In languages like Russian or Spanish, the placement of stress can change...
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Stress in linguistics refers to the emphasis or prominence placed on a specific syllable or part of a word when speaking. Stress can affect the meaning of a word in some languages, although English is not typically one of them. In languages like Russian or Spanish, the placement of stress can change the meaning of a word. For example, in Spanish, "papa" with stress on the first syllable means "potato," but with stress on the second syllable, it means "pope." Similarly, in Russian, "замо́к" with stress on the first syllable means "castle," but with stress on the second syllable, it means "lock." In contrast, in English, stress typically doesn't change the meaning of a word, but it can affect the nuance or emotional emphasis placed on a word within a sentence. For example, "I didn't say she stole my money" can have seven different meanings depending on which word is stressed. So, while stress plays a more significant role in altering word meaning in some languages, in English, it primarily affects sentence-level nuances. read less
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New and Knew requires different emphasis to make the meaning of what's been said. Similarly, see amd sea is also the example.
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Previous Teaching in India, HP & TN and obviously native UK British.

In spoken English it's just emphasis for importance, it's really essential you listen to what I'm saying.!you would pause fractionally longer after essential for effect.
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