Linguis 101 1st Edition Lecture 13 Current Lecture Syllables Segments are organized into larger units called syllables A syllable is made up of a sonorous segment plus associated non sonorous segments Sonority Sonorants vowels nasal stops liquids glides Oral stops low sonority Fricatives Nasal stops Liquids Glides vowels high sonority Obstruents oral stops fricatives affricates Syllable sonority peak A syllable is made up of three parts Onset low sonority Cs before peak optional Nucleus sonority peak Must be a vowel or syllabic nasal or liquid Coda low sonority Cs following peak optional syllable structure map examples These notes represent a detailed interpretation of the professor s lecture GradeBuddy is best used as a supplement to your own notes not as a substitute evidence for syllable structure o speech errors spoonerisms reversing or flipping around certain sounds lighting a fire fighting a liar f and l are both onsets flipping them around but keeping them in the same position blow your nose know your blows steady as a rock ready as a stock speed of light lead of spite ad hoc odd hack nucleus flipping taking the vowels and flipping hypodermic needle hypodermic nerdle o language games pig latin move onset to the end add ej ubbi dubby insert UB before the nucleus of each syllable o phonological rules can have syllable structure in the environment o photactic constraints phonotactics constraints on permissible sequences or placement of segments in a syllable steps for syllabification o form nucleus each syllable must have one vowel or syllabic consonant in nucleus o form onset maximize onset principle put as many Cs as possible in onset while obeying phonotactics o form coda put any leftover Cs in coda phonological rules involving syllables o syllable structure may be a crucial part of the environment of some phonological rules This is one type of evidence that speakers unconsciously know the syllable structure for the words of their language o for example an allophone may surface only in the onset of a syllable or only in a coda
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