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SYLLABLE STRUCTURE
Syllable
Syllable: group of speech sounds (group of segments)
Syl – la – ble : 3
‘poetic’ : ?
p b f v m
t d θ ð n j i a
k g s z ŋ l r w u ɑ
s o o r i t y
clamp
/k/is less sonorous than /l/, which is less
sonorous than / æ /. / æ / is more sonorous
than /m/, which is more sonorous than the
final /p/
Phonemic representation :
sonority
/ k l æ m p /
Andrew
Sonority
/ æ n d r u: /
aroma
Sonority
/ ә r o m ә /
English Syllables
Constituent of the syllable (structure):
syllable
Onset Rhyme
Nucleus/Peak Coda
Constituents of the syllable
Onse t refers to the opening segment of
a syllable.
Syl (σ)
/ k l æ m p /
cat /kæt /
σ
On Rh
Pe Co
/ k æ t /
ill
Syl
onset Rhyme
Peak Coda
Ø / i l /
She /ʃi/ She /ʃi/
σ σ
On Rh On Rh
Pe Co Pe
/ ʃ i / Ø / ʃ i /
bee / b i: / bit /bi t /
On Rh On Rh
Pe Pe Co
X X X X X X
/ b i: / / b i t /
fine / fain /
σ
On Rh
Pe Co
/ f a i n /
fill / f i l / feel / fi:l /
syl syl
X X X X X X X
/ f i l / / f i: l /
Polysyllabic word
campus / kæmpәs /
Syl Syl
Rh Rh
On Pe Co On Pe Co
X X X X X X
/ k æ m p ә s /
Polysyllabic word
‘aroma‘ /әrәumә/
X X X X X X
/ ә r ә u m ә /
ambisyllabicity
A consonant is ambisyllabic
if it is (part of) a permissible onset (cluster)
and if it immediately follows a stressed lax
vowel
The consonants in question do indeed belong
to both the preceding and the following
syllable.
They are syllabified ambiguously.
petrol / pe trәl /
syl syl
Rhyme Rhyme
X X X X X X
/p e t r ә l /
‘ rubella ‘ /rubelә /
Syl Syl Syl
Rh Rh Rh
On Pe On Pe Co On Pe
X X X X X X
/ r u b e l ә /