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English Syllable

English Syllable . Agnieszka Tuszyńska. Outline. Two representations of the English three consonant onset Tree representation Table of transitions Conclusions about English CCCV Other types of English syllable onsets English syllable codas. Tree representation of English CCCV onsets. l.

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English Syllable

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  1. English Syllable Agnieszka Tuszyńska

  2. Outline • Two representations of the English three consonant onset • Tree representation • Table of transitions • Conclusions about English CCCV • Other types of English syllable onsets • English syllable codas

  3. Tree representation of English CCCV onsets l 41 V1 r 42 V2 p 31 r V3 43 33 t 32 l s eI 2 44 5 1 k V4 33 r 45 C1 V5 w 34 46 V6 j 47

  4. from to through meaning 1 2 s - 2 31 p - 2 32 t - 2 33 k - 2 34 C1 p, t, k 31 41 l - 31 42 r - 32 43 r - 33 44 l - 33 45 r - 33 46 w - 34 47 j - 41 5 V1 I, e, Q, , , i:, E:, eI, aI 42 5 V2 I, e, Q, , , i:, ,u:, eI, aI, aU 43 5 V3 I, e, Q, , , i:, , a:, ,u:, eI, aI, aU, @U @44 5 - 45 5 V4 I, Q, , , i:, , u:, eI, aI, aU, @U 46 5 V5 I, e, , i:, , E:, eI, aI, aU, , e 47 5 V6 u:, U v A v :c A v e A eI v :c A :c eI A e e

  5. Conclusions about three consonant syllable onsets. • In English only /s/ can occur as the first element of CCC clusters, whereas in Polish : /pStSowa / • In English a limited number of sounds occurring as second elements; only three fortis stops / p, t, k / • small number of possible third elements / l, r, j, w / • /spw/, /stl/, and /stw/ never occur in initial CCCV, whereas in Polish : /spwavits’/, /stlits’/, /stwotSIts’/ • there is a single example of the initial sequence /smj/ in the word “smew” • three is the biggest number of consonants in an English syllable onset, whereas in Polish: /strfonits’/

  6. Other types of English syllable onsets • /N/ never occurs initially; it is the same in Polish • /hw/ never occurs in initial CCV, whereas in Polish : /hwopiets/, /hweptats’/ • /sp/ is the only cluster occurring before all vowels in initial CCV

  7. English syllable codas • /r, h, j, w/ do not occur in final VC • only /d/ occurs after all vowels in final VC • only /dz/ occurs after all vowels in final VCC • the biggest number of consonants in a syllable coda is 3, whereas in Polish : /nastempstf/

  8. Vowels in English syllables • there are ten vowels that can constitute monosyllabic words: /i:/, /@/, /A:/, /o:/, /3:/, /eI/, /aI/, /@U/, /I@/, /e@/; • Polish also has vowels that constitute monosyllabic words like “a”, “o”, “i” • all vowels except /U/ and /U@/ can occur initially in a syllable • all vowels except /e, {, V, Q/ occur finally in a syllable, whereas in Polish: all vowels can occur finally in a syllable.

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