Zusammenfassung der Ressource
The English syllable
- Is the basic unit of speech studied in
both the phonetic and phonological
level of analysis
- Is the sequence of speech sounds,
consisting minimally of a central
sound, that is louder than the other
marginal sounds
- Definition
- Structure
- Coda: is the name given to the consonant sound at the end of a syllable
- Onset: is the name given to the consonant sound at the beginning of a syllable
- Centre or nucleus: is the name given to the vowel sound in the syllable
- Importance
- *The syllable is responsible for the rythmic
nature of English * Influence the rythm of a
language , its prosody, its stress patterns, etc.
- Classification
- Monosyllabic
- Disyllabic
- Polysyllabic
- Trisylabic