Syllables And Stress Flashcards
Syllables are
The building blocks of words
Words can have how many syllables?
1,2,3 or 4 etc
One syllable is referred to as
Monosyllabic
2,3,4 syllables is referred to as
Multisyllabic
A syllable always contains
A nucleus and may also contain a consonant
The nucleus is
A vowel
Syllabic consonant
L in middle or n in sudden
Syllable structure
Syllable
/ \
Onset. Rhyme
|. /. \
Cc. Nucleus. Coda
Pl. |. |
V. C
Ae. Nt
English syllable structure
Cccvccc
What is ambisyllabicity?
Segment at junction of two syllables have “equal affiliation” to both
What is phonotactics?
The sequences of sounds that are allowed within a syllable
Distribution refers to
Which sounds can occur in which positions within a syllable
English phonotactics
No h in word final position
Can only have n after s in word initial (onset) position e.g sno not kno
Spanish phonotavtics
Word initial never sp
What makes a syllable stressed?
Louder and longer
