"Dessert/Desert" is my favorite thing. - Does English word syllable stress change when they are in a sentence or in a paragraph?

Question

Does English word syllable stress change when they are in a sentence or in a larger unit, say, like in a paragraph? I am asking this because I have heard that some languages such as Japanese have accent emphasis changes when the word is followed by some other words. So I kind of wonder whether English has this kind of feature or not.

However, I don't think English has it. For example, a dessert cannot sound like a desert even if an emphasis is placed in the sentence, in my opinion. Simply put, I believe sentence stress does not do anything to word syllable stress. But I still need more experienced speakers to help shed light on this topic, because linguistics is not something I am good at.

Example 1

Dessert is my favorite thing.

However you try to emphasize or do something to the sentence, the word dessert cannot be altered to sound like desert.

Example

The suspect was caught by the police.

However you try to emphasize or do something to the sentence, the word suspect cannot be altered to sound like the verb "suspect."

Answer 1

I love the dessert in summer.

Any word in that sentence can be stressed, which changes the overall idea but do not affect the word dessert.
I love the dessert in summer.
I love the dessert in summer.
I love the dessert in summer.
I love the dessert in summer.

The tonic accent for the word dessert does not change in those examples.

I love deserts. I love deserts. I love deserts.

deserts is the same in all three what changes is which word is stressed.

As for suspect (verb) and suspect (noun) the same is true but only context will tell which is meant.

I suspect he knew the truth. [verb, second syllable takes the tonic accent.]

The suspect managed to flee the scene. [noun, first syllable takes the tonic accent.]