Talk:earlier
Latest comment: 3 years ago by Backinstadiums in topic contrastive stress
previous[edit]
Is there any reason to prefer "occurring previously" rather than just "previous"? In fact its adverb is defined as "previously;" --Backinstadiums (talk) 17:25, 1 December 2019 (UTC)
contrastive stress[edit]
According to Longman Pronunciation Dict:
-er: ə ǁ ər . Dirtier: ˈdɝːt̬ i‿ər. —On rare occasions this suffix receives contrastive stress, and is then pronounced ˈɝː, thus not early, but earliER ˌɝːliˈɝː, interviewEE and interviewER ˌɪnt̬ərvjuːˈɝː