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  STRESS v Linguistic stress is a prominence relation between syllables: certain syllables are longer, louder, higher-pitched, or more clearly articulated than those around them. v Just as we can generally count the syllables in a word, we can generally pick out the syllable that’s most prominent :   pho NO logy , PhoNEtics ,   SYN tax v Because stress is a prominence relation, stressed and unstressed syllables tend to alternate across the word v In order for a syllable to be heard as prominent, it helps if it’s surrounded by non-prominent syllables. TYPES OF STRESS v There are two types of stress namely;                                i.             Primary stress               ...

  MABALA THE FARMER By R.S. Mabala CHAPTER ANALYSIS OF THE BOOK CHAPTER 1 Mabala This chapter gives the historical background of Richard Mabala who was born in Dar es Salaam. His parents were born in Tabora and they moved to Dar es salaam before Mabala was born. He got a job in a company in Dar es salaam where he worked for 25 years and finally, he became a chief clerk. This chapter also introduces two problems Mabala had. These are; 1.      He was not careful with his money when he started life. v He liked to spend it and enjoy himself. He never built a house, he didn’t look for farm, he made no preparations for future. At last, Mabala got married to Mauja and gave birth to one daughter called Martina. v Because he had no savings, the life became very tough. Mabala now realized he has to save for the future from his salary but this was the time when prices went up and up. v Mama Martina tried to help him by making mats and selling them bu...