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madmouth commented on the word contrastive stress
like, "I preSENT my PREsent to you"?
April 14, 2010
100001952131089 commented on the word contrastive stress
your information is not clear enough to understand
March 29, 2011
bilby commented on the word contrastive stress
preSENT, with the emphasis as shown by the capital letters, has a verbal meaning. PREsent, with a different (i.e. contrasting) stress/emphasis, is a noun.
March 30, 2011