1.英語中派生詞的重音和詞根重音一致。派生詞就是一些有同樣詞根的詞。比如:act,active,actively com'pare com'parison
2.帶有下列后綴的詞:-ary,-ery,-ory,-ism,-ist,-mony,-ment,-ary等,重音通常在第一個音節(jié)上。例如:customary scientist slavery factory realism
3.帶下列前綴的詞:a-,ab-,ac-,ad-,al-,be-,con-,de-,dis-,em-,en-,in-,mis-,re-,tans-,un-重音通常在第二音節(jié)上。例如:a'bout ab'duce ac'cede ad'mire be'long con'sult de'tect dis'like
4.帶下列后綴的詞:-aim,-ain,-cur,-eem,-duce,-ere,-firm,-gn,-oin,-oke,-ose,-pt,-rce,-self,-ume重音通常在第二音節(jié)。contain occur sincere design confirm
5.帶下列后綴的詞:-ade,-ain,-ee,-eer,-esque,-ette,-ique,-ine,-oon重音通常在最后一個音節(jié)。這些詞一般都是從法語中借來的詞。例如:emplo'yee an'tique maga'zine ci'gar volun'teer gaso'line
6.帶下列后綴的詞:-eous,-ial,-ian,-ic,-ics,-ient,-ion,-ious,-ish,-it,-liar,-sive,-tal,-uous重音通常在倒數(shù)第二音節(jié)上。例如:oc'casion re'lation as'tonish de'posit mu'sician
7.但是有些派生詞,比如從名詞派生出來的形容詞,它的重音就得發(fā)生變化,通常是后移。例如:'science scien'tific 'accident acci'dental 'democrat demo'cratic 'politics po'litical