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Chapter IV The Syllable

A syllable contains one or more speech sounds that form a word or part of a word, containing one vowel sound, with or without surrounding consonants. Syllables carry phonetic manifestations, act as units of organization in speech production, and are the domain of phoneme patterns. The internal structure of a syllable consists of an onset, nucleus, and coda. Syllables can be formed by a single vowel, a vowel preceded by one consonant, a vowel followed by one consonant, or a vowel surrounded by consonants. Syllables are either open, ending in a vowel, or closed, ending in a consonant. Strong syllables center on a full vowel while weak syllables center on reduced vowels or

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Chapter IV The Syllable

A syllable contains one or more speech sounds that form a word or part of a word, containing one vowel sound, with or without surrounding consonants. Syllables carry phonetic manifestations, act as units of organization in speech production, and are the domain of phoneme patterns. The internal structure of a syllable consists of an onset, nucleus, and coda. Syllables can be formed by a single vowel, a vowel preceded by one consonant, a vowel followed by one consonant, or a vowel surrounded by consonants. Syllables are either open, ending in a vowel, or closed, ending in a consonant. Strong syllables center on a full vowel while weak syllables center on reduced vowels or

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1/ What is a syllable?

A syllable may be defined as one or more speech


sounds forming a word or part of a word, containing one vowel
sound, with or without a consonant or consonants and uttered
at a single effort.
e.g: man, morning
2/ The functions of the syllable:
+ to carry the phonetic manifestations of the
suprasegmentals.
+ to be the chief domain of patterns of arrangement of
phonemes.
+ to act as a unit of organization in the process of
speech production.
3/ The internal structure of a syllable
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SYLLABLE

ONSET (O) RHYME (R)

NUCLEUS (N) CODA (C)


spr I ŋ
m æ n
=> Vowel = Nucleus/Peak/Center of a syllable; syllabic sound.
=> Consonant= Onset, Coda; marginal; usually non-syllabic
4/ Syllable formation:
+ by any vowel (V): or, are, I
+ by one vowel preceded by one consonant (CV): core, car
+ by one vowel followed by one consonant (VC): in, at, on
+ by one vowel both preceded and followed by one
consonant (CVC): cat, dog
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Note: A syllabic consonant is a consonant which forms the
nucleus or the centre of a syllable, i.e. no vowel is found in
the syllable; instead, consonants as /l/, /n/.
/bl/ table, /pl/ apple, /tl/ little, /dl/ muddle, /gl/ sruggle,
/kl/ knuckle, /sl/ parcel, /nl/ Kernel, /dn/ garden
5/ Types of syllable:
a/ Open syllable: a syllable which ends in a vowel is called an
open syllable.
b/ Closed syllable: a syllable which ends in a consonant is called
a closed syllable.
6/ Syllable division: self study
7/ Strong syllable: will have as its center one of the vowel
phonemes or possibly a triphthong.
8/ Weak syllable: can have only four types of center
+ the vowel / ə / (schwa)
+ a close unrounded vowel in the general area of /i:/ & /I/
+ a close back rounded vowel in the general area of /u:/ & /U/
+ a syllabic consonant /bl/, /pl/, /tl/,/dn/...
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