Stress in compound words in English.
1. The most familiar type of compound is the one which combines two nouns and which normal has the stress on the first element
– Typewriter [`taɪpraɪtə ], sunrise[`sʌnraɪ]
– Car-ferry [ kɑːferɪ ] ; tea –cup [`tiːkʌp]
2. Compound with adjective is the first element and the ( – ed ) morpheme at the end have this pattern:
– bad- `tempered
– half- `timbered
– heavy- `handed
3. Compounds in which the first element is a number in some form also tend to have final stress:
– three- `wheel
– second- `class
– five- `figure
4. Compound words functioning as adverb are usually final –stressed:
– head- `first
– north- `east
– down- `stream
5. Compounds which functions as verbs and have an adverbial first element take final stress:
– down-`grate
– back-`pedal
– ill-`treat.