Where is the stressed syllable on notice?

Answer 1

The first syllable in the English word notice is where the lexical or word stress is placed (noh-tis). Since English has semi-unpredictable lexical stress placement (as opposed to some languages where placement is rule-based), the arbitrary placement of the lexical stress has to be memorized by the language speaker.

In many cases, English does use noun-verb stress differentiation in the spoken pronunciation of some identically spelled words (i.e., the noun "record" [stress on first syllable] versus the verb "to record" [stress on last syllable]). While the English word notice does have a similar noun-verb duality (He placed the notice on the bulletin board, versus, I did not notice the new stop light), it does not have two spoken forms with different lexical stresses.

Note that stresses can change depending upon placement of the word within a sentence, or the function of that sentence, which is something called prosodic stress or sentence stress. This occurs when unique stress, along with rhythm and intonation linguistic notions, are in use, such as in the writing of poetry.