Stress as Suprasegmental Phonetic Phenomenon in English and Ukrainian

Abstract

The goal of the study is to analyze the main features and functions of word stress in the English and Ukrainian languages, define the main tendencies of accentuation in English and Ukrainian and identify similarities and differences in word stress patterns of these languages. In order to accomplish the goal of the study, the following tasks were set: - to study the nature of word stress and its characteristic features; - to analyze stress as a component of prosody; - to explore the typological features of the stress system in the English and Ukrainian languages; - to establish the main patterns of word stress in English and Ukrainian; - to identify similarities and differences in word stress patterns of these languages.