Send Close Add comments: (status displays here)
Got it!  This site "creationpie.org" uses cookies. You consent to this by clicking on "Got it!" or by continuing to use this website.  Note: This appears on each machine/browser from which this site is accessed.
Syllable accent change over time
by RS  admin@creationpie.org : 1024 x 640


1. Syllable accent change over time
In many languages, the syllabic accent or stress of a part of the word may change over time.

There is a tendency, in English, to stress a later part of a phrase or word and, is it becomes accepted and well known, move the stress the beginning of the word.

Some of these changes in English have happened in recent times.

Examples: content, rebel, record, separate

2. Nouns and verbs
In many English words, a noun may have the stress on the first syllable while the verb may have the stress on the last syllable. Can you think of any other examples? In English, many descriptive nouns for new things often start with the accent on the second (or last) syllable, but, over time, the accent moves to the first syllable. Sometimes the words get shortened. Can you think of any other examples? Does anyone remember any other words?

3. Parts of speech
This makes POS (Part of Speech) analysis difficult as the same spelling can be a noun or a verb.

Some languages, such as modern Greek, require that accents be marked as part of the spelling which avoids this ambiguity.

4. Examples
Here are some examples. Many start with "re".

5. Examples

6. Other words
Here are some other words.

7. Natural Language Parsing examples
NLTK parse treeNLP (Natural Language Processing) software systems including POS analysis, can be used to attempt to automatically analyze unstructured text.

To stimulate ideas, here is some output from some available NLP and POS systems.

The default settings were used. There are many ways to customize and tweak the system depending on the domain of application.

Information sign More: Natural Language Parsing examples

8. Words over time

9. Content
The English word "content" (accent on second syllable) has the implication of being "sufficient" in "oneself".

10. Coining a customary distribution law of iniquity
The ancient Greek words for "pasture", "law", "nomad", "coin" are related. The progression appears to be from a pasture, to a distribution of sheep, to the rules for such distributions, to representations of such wealth as coins, etc. Some English words made from this word include "economy", "astronomy", "Deuteronomy", "numismatics", etc.

Interestingly, the word the KJV (King James Version) translates as "iniquity" is a negation of that word for "law".

Information sign More: Coining a customary distribution law of iniquity

11. End of page

by RS  admin@creationpie.org : 1024 x 640