help teaching stress intro phonetics anybody hints help undergrads introductory phonetics class learn hear lexical stress identify syllable word receives primary stress particulary ameng two helps know 1 say word several times overemphasizing one syllable time done example using extreme f0 intensity variation one production sound reasonably normal rest sound pretty odd 2 tap finger say word folks usually tap stressed syllable students seem grasp fairly quickly still numerous examples look utterly mystical nonnative speakers english realize question calls sorts issues nature stress perception one address necessary introduce concept somehow far experience introductory discussions stress phonetics texts ultimately assume speakers pretty reliably hear stress phenomenon pointed something intuitively obvious notion stressed syllable students speakers apparently find nothing intuitive thanks laura l koenig koenig haskins yale edu