The Structural Aspect of the Eng syllable

Date: 2015-10-07; view: 469.

The syllable formation in English like in other lang. is based on the phonological opposition of vowels and consonants. Vowels and 3 sonorants are syllabic, while consonants are not. The structure of the english syllable (cat /kǽt/: k-onset, ǽ-nucleus, t-coda). The position of consonants in relation to the vowels forms 4 types of syllables: open(V - I);close(VC - art);covered(CV(C)/СССV – say/straw);uncovered(V(C)/VCC– aunt/ant). The fundamental type of English is closed (in Russian - open). The rules of combining phonemes in a given language are studied by linguists. These rules form the bases for syllable division: the most ancient theory states that there are as many syllables in a word as there are vowels. This theory is primitive because it does not take into consideration consonants which also can form syllables in some languages; the expiratory theory states that there are as many syllables in a word as there are expiration pulses. But: it is quite possible to pronounce several syllables in one expiration (seeing /si:irj/); the sonority theory states that there are as many syllables in a word as there are peaks of prominence or sonority. Syllabification: maximum onset principle means that maximal number of cons should be at the beginning of a syllable; maximum stress principle means that maximum number of cons should be at the more stressed syllables. 1.checked short vowels-closed syllable (lovely); 2.historically long monoph/diph – in open/closed (poss│ibility).