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Stress Shift in Word Families
| Word Family | Base Word | Derived Word 1 | Derived Word 2 | Stress Pattern |
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| Photograph | ‘PHOtograph | phoTOgrapher | phoTOGraphy | 1st → 2nd → 3rd syllable |
| Advert | ‘ADvert | adVERtise | adverTISEment | 1st → 2nd → 3rd syllable |
| Comfort | ‘COMfort | comFORtable | comforTAbility | 1st → 2nd → 4th syllable |
| Nation | ‘NAtion | naTIONal | naTIONALity | 1st → 2nd → 4th syllable |
| Economy | e‘CONomy | ecoNOMic | econoMIcian | 2nd → 3rd → 4th syllable |
| Music | ‘MUsic | muSIcian | musiCALity | 1st → 2nd → 3rd syllable |
| Magic | ‘MAgic | maGIcian | magiCALity | 1st → 2nd → 3rd syllable |
| Logic | ‘LOgic | loGIcian | logiCALity | 1st → 2nd → 3rd syllable |
| Drama | ‘DRAma | draMAtic | dramaTIcally | 1st → 2nd → 3rd syllable |
| History | ‘HIstory | hisTORical | historiCALly | 1st → 2nd → 3rd syllable |
| Politics | ‘POlitics | poLITical | politiCIAN | 1st → 2nd → 3rd syllable |
| Grammar | ‘GRAMmar | gramMATical | grammatIcian | 1st → 2nd → 3rd syllable |
| Culture | ‘CULture | culTURal | cultuRALly | 1st → 2nd → 3rd syllable |
| Science | ‘SCIence | sciENtist | scienTIFic | 1st → 2nd → 3rd syllable |
| Art | ‘ART | arTIStic | artiSTICally | 1st → 2nd → 3rd syllable |
| Logic | ‘LOgic | loGIcal | logiCALly | 1st → 2nd → 3rd syllable |
| Critic | ‘CRItic | criTIcize | critiCIsm | 1st → 2nd → 3rd syllable |
| Finance | ‘FInance | fiNANcial | finanCIally | 1st → 2nd → 3rd syllable |
| Academy | a‘CADEmy | acaDEMic | acadeMIcian | 2nd → 3rd → 4th syllable |
| Logic | ‘LOgic | loGIcian | logiCALity | 1st → 2nd → 3rd syllable |
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