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When a word represents a larger construction of which it is the only expressed part, it normally has more stress than it would have in fully expressed construction.
Thus when yes, I have is the response to have you finished reading the paper??
The stress on have, which here represents have finished reading the paper, is quite strong.
In Mack's the leader at camp, but Jack is here the is of the second main declarative represents is the leader and therefore has stress.
Mack's the leader at camp, but Jack's here, with this is deprived of stress, makes here the complement in the clause.
In of all the suggestions that were made, his was the silliest the possessive his represents his suggestion and is stressed.
When go represents itself and a complement ( being equivalent, say, to go to Martinique ) in which boat did Jack go on??
It has strong stress ; ;
when it represents only itself and on which is its complement ( so that go on is semantically equivalent to board ), on has stronger stress than go does.
Omission of a subordinator pronoun, however, does not result in an increase in stress on a prepositional adverb for which the subordinator pronoun would be object.
Thus to has light stress both in that was the conclusion that I came to and in that was the conclusion I came to.
But when to represents to consciousness in that was the moment that I came to, and similarly in that was the moment I came to, there is much stronger stress on to.
In I wanted to tell him, but I was afraid to the final to is lightly stressed because it represents to tell him.
In to tell him, of course, to is normally unstressed.
When I have instructions to leave is equivalent in meaning to I have instructions that I am to leave this place, dominant stress is ordinarily on leave.
When the same sequence is equivalent in meaning to I have instructions which I am to leave, dominant stress is ordinarily on instructions.

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