March 08, 2016, 06:04
GeoffEmPHAsis on the wrong syllable?
Maria Sherapovais in the news of late, and Ialways hear her family name pronounced "SharaPOva." Isn't iy "SherAPova in her native Russian? Why do we English speakers do it as we do? Besides Russian, I've heard Japanese names pronunced with non-native emphasis shifts. Why?
March 08, 2016, 06:06
Geoffquote:
Originally posted by Geoff:
Maria Sherapova is in the news of late. I always hear her family name pronounced "SharaPOva." Isn't it "SherAPova in her native Russian? Why do we English speakers do it as we do? Besides Russian, I've heard Japanese names pronounced with non-native emphasis shifts. Why?
March 09, 2016, 21:02
KallehI think stress on syllables is such an interesting topic. This discussion on
Wikipedia attempts to explain the difference between stress and accent, though I am not sure I completely understand.
March 10, 2016, 05:40
goofyForeign names, like borrowed words, are adapted to the borrowing language's phonology.
March 10, 2016, 20:13
KallehNice to see you again, goofy. So - what is the difference between stresses in words and accent?
March 10, 2016, 21:03
goofyI don't think there is a difference.
March 11, 2016, 20:47
KallehThis is what Wikipedia said:
quote:
The terms stress and accent are often used synonymously, but they are sometimes distinguished, with certain specific kinds of prominence (such as pitch accent, variously defined) being considered to fall under accent but not under stress. In this case, stress specifically may be called stress accent or dynamic accent.
Is it wrong?
March 13, 2016, 20:40
goofyI don't understand it, to be honest.
March 14, 2016, 15:29
GeoffI notice that more and more I hear people pitching up at the end of a sentence as though it were interrogative, but it's not. Women seem to do it more often than men, and East coast people more than West coast. It drives me nuts!
Were we speaking Russian, wherein a repeated sentence with changed inflection is an affirmation, it would make sense, but these folks are speaking Amerrcun.
March 14, 2016, 20:05
KallehWell, goofy, I didn't understand it either. We all know Wikipedia isn't that reliable at times, so this must be one of those times.
Geoff, funny you should say this. I have a committee at work, which has Canadians. By the middle of the day, I found myself raising my voice pitch at the end of my sentences. How easily we can be influenced!