Table of contents

1. Introduction

2. Word stress in English

       2.1 The auditory method

       2.2 The acoustic method

3. Analysing word stress with the help of Praat

       3.1 What is Praat?

       3.2 How to use Praat

               3.2.1 Recording a sound

               3.2.2 Editing a sound

               3.2.3 Creating a TextGrid-object

               3.2.4 Evaluation of Praat

4. Mini-project: Analysing word stress of German speakers of English

       4.1 Aim of the project

       4.2 Investigated speakers and word choice

       4.3 Results

       4.4 Interpretation of results

5. Conclusion and outlook

Works cited

Appendix

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