slpjane
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I have been looking for information for several hours now on stress patterns in phrases containing multiple adjectives preceding a noun.
Can someone explain the rules for which adjective receives primary stress in these cases?
Here are some examples:
1) big red CAT
2) latest high-profile CASE
BUT
1) global FINANCIAL crisis
2) suspicious FILE transfers
The only thing that I can think of is that in the second set of phrases, we can think of the adjective as describing the type of noun; for example, "FILE transfer" versus "MONEY transfer." However, this doesn't seem to quite resolve the issue for me.
Please let me know your thoughts.
Thank you.
Can someone explain the rules for which adjective receives primary stress in these cases?
Here are some examples:
1) big red CAT
2) latest high-profile CASE
BUT
1) global FINANCIAL crisis
2) suspicious FILE transfers
The only thing that I can think of is that in the second set of phrases, we can think of the adjective as describing the type of noun; for example, "FILE transfer" versus "MONEY transfer." However, this doesn't seem to quite resolve the issue for me.
Please let me know your thoughts.
Thank you.