实词虚词与句子重音

Content words (usually stressed)：

1.Nouns

2.Verbs

3.Adjectives

4.Adverbs

5.Demonstratives:that/this/these

6.Possessivepronouns: hers/his/theirs/ours

7.Negatives:no/not

8.Intensiveor reflexive pronouns: themselves/itself

9.Interrogatives:which/what

10.Numeralsand expressions of quality: one/two

Function words (usually unstressed)： 

1.Personalnouns: him/her/us

2.Auxiliaryverbs: does/did/do

3.Possessiveadjectives: my/your/her/his/its

4.Relativepronouns: that/who/which/whom/whose

5.Conjunctions:but/and

6.Prepositions:for/at/in/under

7.Articles:an/a

8.Allforms of the verb ‘to be’

9.Thepronoun ‘one’