Suprasegmental features 

Stress-quantity

MalE does not necessarily have the same number of stresses in polysyllabic words as does RP. MalE may reduce or increase the number of stresses in the word:

In some cases (as in ^Imisunder^Istand, ^Iquestion^Inaire, ^Iinter^Irupt, and ^Ifare^Iwell) secondary stress is given equal prominence as primary stress so that the MalE version has two equal stresses.

An extension of this feature of stress-quality would be word- and sentence-stress for emphasis or contrast. MalE speakers may emphasize or contrast a statement by lengthening and stressing particular syllables: