Research Results RESEARCH RESULTS AND DISCUSSION

35 ˈ reduction, while all of those words must receive penultimate stress, i.e. com ˈ mittee, de ˈ sire, i ˈ dea, in ˈ tention, po ˈ liceman, po ˈ sition, pos ˈ sessions, re ˈ duction. The speakers misplaced the stress of the words exclamations, resolution, and understanding on the second syllable, i.e. ex ˈ clamations, re ˈ solution, un ˈ derstanding; and the word conundrum on the last syllable, i.e. conun ˈ drum, while the words also must receive penultimate stress, i.e. excla ˈ mations, reso ˈ lution, under ˈ standing, co ˈ nundrum. The polysyllabic words century and usury are wrongly stressed on the second syllables, i.e. cen ˈ tury, u ˈ sury; the word multitude on the last syllable, i.e. multi ˈ tude; while all the words should be stressed on the first syllable, namely, ˈ century, ˈ usury, ˈ multitude. The speakers also misplaced the stress of the words opportunity and sensuality on the first syllable, e.g. ˈ opportunity, ˈ sensuality, while they have antepenultimate stress, namely, oppor ˈ tunity, sensu ˈ ality. 2 Adjectives For the disyllabic word discreet, the speakers misplaced the stress by putting it on the first syllable, i.e. ˈ discreet, while the word has last-stress syllable, i.e. dis ˈ creet. 36 For other disyllabic words such as decent, honoured, punished, the speakers misplaced the stress by putting it on the last syllable, i.e. de ˈ cent, ho ˈ noured, pu ˈ nished, while the words have first-syllable stresses, namely, ˈ decent, ˈ honoured, ˈ punished. The speakers misplaced the stress of polysyllabic words heroic, included, restricted, and transparent on the first syllable, i.e. ˈ heroic, ˈ included, ˈ restricted, ˈ transparent, while they must receive penultimate stress, i.e. he ˈ roic, in ˈ cluded, res ˈ tricted, trans ˈ parent. The stresses of the words charitable, favourable, intimate, miserable, necessary, imminent are misplaced on the penultimate syllable, i.e. chari ˈ table, favou ˈ rable, in ˈ timate, mise ˈ rable, nece ˈ ssary, im ˈ minent, while they should be stressed on the first syllables, i.e. ˈ charitable, ˈ favourable, ˈ intimate, ˈ miserable, ˈ necessary, ˈ imminent. The words considerate, pathological, unlimited are misplaced on the first syllable, e.g. ˈ considerate, ˈ pathological, ˈ unlimited; the word unfortunate on the last syllable, e.g. unfortu ˈ nate; while all those words should receive antepenultimate stress, namely, con ˈ siderate, patho ˈ logical, un ˈ limited, un ˈ fortunate. 3 Verbs The speakers misplaced the stress of disyllabic words conceal, exchange, exist, occur, prefer, present, replied, and 37 suspect on the first syllable, i.e. ˈ conceal, ˈ exchange, ˈ exist, ˈ occur, ˈ prefer, ˈ present, ˈ replied, while the words must be stressed on the last syllable, namely, con ˈ ceal, ex ˈ change, e ˈ xist, oc ˈ cur, pre ˈ fer, pre ˈ sent, re ˈ plied. The stresses of the polysyllabic words committed and continue are misplaced on the first syllable, i.e. ˈ committed, ˈ continue, while the words should be stressed on the penultimate syllable, namely, com ˈ mitted, con ˈ tinue. The polysyllabic words disappeared, intervene are stressed on the first syllable, i.e. ˈ disappeared, ˈ intervene, while they should be stressed on the last syllable, i.e. disap ˈ peared, inter ˈ vene. The polysyllabic word recognize is stressed on the last syllable, i.e. recog ˈ nize, while the word should be stressed on the first syllable, i.e. ˈ recognize. 4 Adverbs The speaker misplaced the stress of disyllabic word somehow on the first syllable, i.e. ˈ somehow, while it should be stressed on the last syllable, i.e. some ˈ how. The stress of the polysyllabic word naturally is misplaced on the last syllable, i.e. natural ˈ ly, while the word should be stressed on the first syllable, i.e. ˈ naturally. Another polysyllabic word, unobtrusively, is incorrectly stressed on the second syllable,