Lesson 6- Theoty- Syllables and Stress

Question 1

Normally, what do the amount of vowels in a word tell us?

Answer 1

How many syllables there are.

Question 2

A ___ is put between syllables.

Answer 2

dot

Question 3

how many syllables are in the following-
blue
honeymoon
forest
aquamarine

Answer 3

1
3
2
4

Question 4

What are syllables known as?

Answer 4

the building blocks of words

Question 5

When a word has 1 syllable what is this known as?

Answer 5

Monosyllabic

Question 6

When a word has more than one syllable what is this called?

Answer 6

multisyllabic

Question 7

How is a word annotated?

Answer 7

using C (consonant) and V (vowel)

Question 8

A syllable has to have a ______.

Answer 8

nucleus

Question 9

The nucleus most often than not is a _____.

Answer 9

vowel

Question 10

A nucleus can also contain ____.

Answer 10

consonants

Question 11

Name 2 examples of syllabic consonants ( give example words too.)

Answer 11

[l]and [n], middle, sudden

Question 12

Name the 3 parts (in order) of a syllable.

Answer 12

Onset, Nucleus and the coda.

Question 13

The nucleus and coda is the part of a that tends to ______.

Answer 13

rhyme

Question 14

A syllable structure can be drawn as a ___ _____.

Answer 14

syllabic tree

Question 15

What is the longest syllabic structure in English?

Answer 15

CCCVCCC

Question 16

Give an example of CCCVCCC.

Answer 16

Strengths

Question 17

Eytomology in multisyllabic words can also be called _______ ________.

Answer 17

syllable division eg ta.ble

Question 18

What is ambisyllability?

Answer 18

Segment at junction of 2 syllables with equal affiliation to both, eg. ba.na.na or ba.nan.a

Question 19

The sequence of sounds that are allowed within a syllable is called _____ or _____

Answer 19

phonatactics or distribution

Question 20

Phonatactics or Distribution= which _____ can occur in which _____ within a ____ or a _____. So it makes sense in English ;)

Answer 20

sounds, position, syllable, word

Question 21

What is stress?

Answer 21

The Syllable that sounds the most prominent.

Question 22

In English what syllable is more often than not the stressed one?

Answer 22

The 1st syllable

Question 23

What makes a syllable stressed?

Answer 23

It is louder and longer

Question 24

You can have ____ and _____ stress.

Answer 24

Lexical and Rhythmic

Question 25

Stress can move depending on the words around it, this is known as ____ _____.

Answer 25

stress shift.