Chapter 16: Syllables, Stress and Intonation

Question 1

Syllables

Answer 1

Small group of phonemes that normally contains one vowel.

Question 2

Syllabification

Answer 2

The process of grouping phonemes into syllables.

Question 3

Onset

Answer 3

The beginning of a syllable, everything before the vowel.

Question 4

Rhyme

Answer 4

The part of the syllable that is not onset, this is the vowel and everything that follows.

Question 5

Nucleus

Answer 5

Obligatory part of a syllable that contains a vowel.

Question 6

Coda

Answer 6

The last part of the syllable, consisting of consonants.

Question 7

Syllabic writing

Answer 7

Writing systems where each syllable has its own symbol.

Question 8

Stressed syllable

Answer 8

Syllable marked by a higher tone, increased volume or greater length than comparable unstressed syllables.

Question 9

Sentence stress

Answer 9

The part of the sentence that carries stress.

Question 10

Foot

Answer 10

The rhyming unit constituted by a stressed syllable.

Question 11

Trochee

Answer 11

A foot with two syllables, the first of which is stressed and the second unstressed.

Question 12

Iamb

Answer 12

A foot in which the first syllable is unstressed and the second syllable is stressed.

Question 13

Phonotactics

Answer 13

The sub-discipline of linguistics that concerns itself with the ways in which syllables can be built up from strings of phonemes.