6.4 Syllabification
6.4 Syllabificatio
(1) Conditions for the syllabification, that is, where the syllable bound-
aries lie.
(a) Maximal Onset Principle: Assigning any series of intervocalic consonants
to the syllable on the right as long as it does not violate language-specific
onset patterns.
(b) Obeying English phonotactics in the sequences of consonants on the onset.
(c) If there is a violation of the consonant phonotactics on the onset, we can
add the first consonant on the onset to the coda position of the preceding
syllable.
(c) Syllabifying avoiding stressed lax vowel placed at the syllable-final position.
(1) Conditions for the syllabification, that is, where the syllable bound-
aries lie.
(a) Maximal Onset Principle: Assigning any series of intervocalic consonants
to the syllable on the right as long as it does not violate language-specific
onset patterns.
(b) Obeying English phonotactics in the sequences of consonants on the onset
(c) If there is a violation of the consonant phonotactics on the onset, we can
add the first consonant on the onset to the coda position of the preceding
syllable.
(c) Syllabifying avoiding stressed lax vowel placed at the syllable-final position
- The syllabification of the two words, complain and temptation :
[ k ə m . p l e n] [ t ɛ m p . t e . ʃ ə n]
6.5 English Syllable Phonotactics
- In a word, acne [ækni] will have the first consonant as the coda of the
first
syllable, and the second consonant as the onset of the second syllable.
The
reason is that English does not allow /kn/ as an onset cluster.
- the general formula of English syllable structure:
[ (C) (C) (C) V (C) (C) (C) {C} ]syll.
↑ ↑ ↑
onset nucleus coda
- Possible Types of English Syllable Structure
V CV CCV CCCV
VC CVC CCVC CCCVC
VCC CVCC CCVCC CCCVCC
VCCC CVCCC CCVCCC CCCVCCC
CVCCCC CCVCCCC
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
~~~~
CV (say [se]) VC (at [æt])
CCV (pray [pre]) VCC (act [ækt])
CCCV (spray [spre]) VCCC (ants [ænts])
CVC (beat [bit]) CCVC (break [brek])
CVCCC (next [nɛkst]) CCVCC (print [prɪnt])
CVCCCC (texts [tɛksts]) CCVCCC (sphinx [sfɪŋks])
CCCVCC (sprint [sprɪnt]) CCVCCCC (twelfths [twɛlfɵs])
- CCCVCCCC is a logical possibility with no commonly found vocabulary.
- Possible Types of English Syllable Structure
V CV CCV CCCV
VC CVC CCVC CCCVC
VCC CVCC CCVCC CCCVCC
VCCC CVCCC CCVCCC CCCVCCC
CVCCCC CCVCCCC
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
~~~~
CV (say [se]) VC (at [æt])
CCV (pray [pre]) VCC (act [ækt])
CCCV (spray [spre]) VCCC (ants [ænts])
CVC (beat [bit]) CCVC (break [brek])
CVCCC (next [nɛkst]) CCVCC (print [prɪnt])
CVCCCC (texts [tɛksts]) CCVCCC (sphinx [sfɪŋks])
CCCVCC (sprint [sprɪnt]) CCVCCCC (twelfths [twɛlfɵs])
- CCCVCCCC is a logical possibility with no commonly found vocabulary.