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STRUCTURE OF SYLLABLES

STRUCTURE OF SYLLABLES. BY SHAIK.KHASIM. SYLLABIC WORDS. A syllable is a sound of a vowel with or without surrounding consonants. It is made up of either a singular vowel sound or a combination of vowel and consonant sound. They are also called as the ‘building blocks’ of words.

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STRUCTURE OF SYLLABLES

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  1. STRUCTURE OF SYLLABLES BY SHAIK.KHASIM

  2. SYLLABIC WORDS • A syllable is a sound of a vowel with or without surrounding consonants. It is made up of either a singular vowel sound or a combination of vowel and consonant sound. They are also called as the ‘building blocks’ of words.

  3. MONOSYLLABIC WORDS • A word is made up of one or more syllables. Words that consists only one syllable are called as monosyllabic words. • Eg: girl, boy, shirt, go, bus, cut etc.

  4. DISYLLABIC WORDS Words that consists of two syllables are called as ‘Disyllabic words’. Eg: teacher, doctor etc.

  5. TRISYLLABIC WORDS Words that consists of three syllables are called as ‘Trisyllabic words’. Eg: remember, phonetics etc.

  6. POLYSYLLABIC WORDS Words that consists of more than three syllables are called as ‘Polysyllabic words’. Eg: population, examination, laboratory etc.

  7. Syllable structure • Syllables have internal structure. • vowels at the centre • consonants at the periphery • Consonants can be optional. • Languages differ as to their allowable syllable structure. • Maori has a (C)V structure. • Borrowings from English are adjusted to fit this structure.

  8. More syllable structure • nucleus • central vowel • onset • the initial consonant(s) • coda • the final consonant(s) • rhyme • nucleus plus coda

  9. dog  On Rh Nu Co d o g Example of syllable structure

  10. Syllable structure in poetry • Rhymes in poetry involve the same rhyme constituent appearing on the last rhyme of a line of poetry. I saw a door. What is it for? • Internal rhymes also exist as in saw and door. • Rhyme schemes are systems of end rhymes.

  11. Rhyme schemes • couplet • two lines with a rhyme at the end of each • ballad • four line verses which rhyme • abcb defe etc • sonnet • 14 line poem • Petrarchan • abba abba cde cde • Shakespearian • abab cdcd efef gg

  12. Syllabic consonants • Sometimes when a vowel is elided a consonant can become a syllabic nucleus. • Only a consonant in the coda can become a syllabic nucleus. • Only the following actual consonants can become syllabic nuclei: • /l m n/

  13. Syllables and stress • Some syllables are more prominent than others. • These are termed ‘stressed’ syllables. • Stress is related to the location of a syllable in a word.

  14. Exercise Which is the stressed syllable in the following words? income stupid become induce phantom

  15. Where is a syllable? • It is conventional to count syllables from the end of the word. • last ultimate • 2nd to last penultimate • 3rd to last antepenultimate • 4th to last preantepenultimate

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