As far as accents are concerned, we can be brief and to the point: with the exception of borrowings and proper nouns, accents are not used in English (cf. also Chapter 1.6 of the book). This means not only that they do not occur in the spelling of English words, but also that they cannot be used as a means of showing in writing that there is a word you would like to stress. This is a common technique in Dutch, but is simply unavailable to the writer of English. The following is thus unacceptable:

Rather, we recommend that you choose a formulation that will allow the reader to readily identify the intended stress pattern, as in:

If you cannot find an acceptable formulation, then you may as a last resort use italics or underlining.