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Tous les mots ne sont pas accentués de la même manière. Trois facteurs sont importants:

Ce sont: noms, verbes, adjectifs qualificatifs, adverbes, démonstratifs, mots interrogatifs, auxiliaires avec négation, pronoms possessifs, prépositions de plus d'une syllabe, les mots yes, no, not.

Ce sont: articles, conjonctions, auxiliaires sans négation, déterminants possessifs, coordinations, pronoms personnels, relatifs, prépositions d'une syllabe.

I'm sorry but I can't come on Sunday because I'm visiting my uncle.

When did you arrive in London? Yesterday? No, I didn't. My plane was delayed and I only arrived this morning.

Les mots outils d'une syllabe se prononcent de deux manières, en fonction de leur place dans la phrase.

Forme forte	Forme faible
ARE [A:][A:r], WAS [wQz][wVz], WERE [w3:], HAS [h{z], HAVE [h{v]	ARE [@][^@r], WAS [w@z], WERE [w@], HAS [@z], HAVE [@v]
John? Are you here?	John, where are you?
I think he was.	He was in the car.
Were you supposed to tell him?	They were doing their best to help him.
Has she finished doing her homework?	She has never been to Mexico.
Have you ever considered buying a new house?	He should have told you.
CAN [k{n], COULD [kUd]	CAN [k@n], COULD [k@d]
Do it if you can.	You can take it if you want.
Could you talk to me?	If she could help you, she would.
AND [{nd], AS [{z], AT [{t], BUT [bVt], FOR [fO:][fO:r], FROM [frQm], OF [Qv], SOME [sVm], THAN [D{n], THEM [Dem], TO [tu:]	AND [@n], AS [@z], AT [@t], BUT [b@t], FOR [f@][f^@r], FROM [fr@m], OF [@v], SOME [s@m], THAN [D@n], THEM [D@m], TO [tu] or [t@]
And then, she left.	Nick and Sam are brothers.
As she was falling asleep she heard a noise.	Come as soon as possible.
What are you looking at?	Why is he looking at me?
Excuse me, who are you looking for?	Could you stop looking for trouble?
Where do you come from?	I come from New Jersey.
He's the boy I'm speaking of.	I'm speaking of you.
Some of your friends don't like what you're doing!	I need some time to think about it.
Why did you tell them?	I saw them outside.
Who were you talking to?	I would like to have a word with you.
YOU [ju:]	YOU [ju][j@]
You should tell him.	Did you tell him?

La première transcription phonétique est la prononciation britannique et la deuxième la prononciation américaine.

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Pour être accentué, un mot doit apporter quelque chose de nouveau. Si une information est répétée, les mots porteurs de sens ne sont pas accentués quand ils réapparaissent.

Frank's got a green car, and I love green cars. (La seconde fois, green cars n'est pas accentué.)

Where did you go last night? I went to the cinema. (Dans la réponse, c'est le mot cinema qui porte l'accent principal, went l'accent secondaire - car il est présupposé dans la question, donc moins nouveau - tandis que les autres mots ne portent pas d'accent)

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