Hi everyone, how are you doing? Today I'd like to give you a tip to get your pronunciation right regarding the way in which compund nouns are pronounced properly. The simple answer is, if you want to combine two words to form compound nouns, the first syllable needs to be accentuated.
For instance, considering the term "deadline", how would you pronounce it? I mean, its accent. Many English learners tend to pronounce this kind of word "dead Line". As long as the word "Deadline" is "dead line", this pronunciaiton is correct. However, if this dead and line is Not separated, then the first syllable has to be accentuated like "Deadline". Another example, how about the term "wildlife"? The same pattern ought to be applied. Not "wild Life" but "Wildlife". It is dead simple, isn't it? In the end, this understanding leads to the accuracy of spellings.
Learning pronunciation is not just associated with each sound of alphabet itself, but also with understanding as to which syllable needs to be stressed correctly. This is far more important than just getting pronunciation per se right, because if the position of accent is not correct, it is most likely that you will technically mispronounce the word. For instance, schwa sound "ə " might be tricky in terms of the position of the sound within a word. Can you pronounce this sound correctly? And, can you also put this sound into any word in a correct way? If you've fully understood the way in which this sound is pronounced and where this needs to be put within the word you are tyring to pronounce, it's good to go when it comes to reading aloud.
All in all, the position of word stress is probably the most important thing to get it right if you want to combine two words to form compound nouns when it comes to speaking. As to pronunciation per se, it, at least, needs to be understood, albeit not too accurately, by the general English speakers ; however, the position of word stress has to be 100% correct, otherwise they tend to strain to understand what has been said.
That's all for today. I'll see you next time!