Types of Syllables.

Date: 2015-10-07; view: 683.

Words can be divided in writing according to their syllable structure, e.g. un-kind-li-ness. They can also be divided according to their meaning, e.g. spot-light.

In English a syllable can be formed by a vowel (V), by a vowel and a consonant (VC), by a consonant and a sonorant (CS).

V-type of syllable called uncovered open,

VC-type of syllable called uncovered closed,

CVC-type of syllable called covered closed,

CV –type of syllable called covered open.

G.P.Torsuyev suggests a differentiation of the following types of syllabic structures:

V-type– fully open,

CVC-type – fully closed,

CV-type – initially covered,

VC-type – finally covered.

We can talk about the following varieties of types of syllables in the English language:

V-type – oh,

CVC-type – pit,

CVCC-type – fact,

CVCCC-type - lapsed,

CCVC-type - plan,

CCCVC-type – spleen,

CCVCC-type – twist,

CCVCCC-type – stamps,

CVCCC-type – texts,

CV-type – dew,

CCV-type – spy,

CCCV-type – straw,

VC-type – eat,

VCC-type – act,

VCCC-type – asks.

The sonorants [w,r,j] function as consonants, because they occur only before vowels: SVC structural type, e.g.: with, write, yes.

The sonorants [l, m,n] can form syllables in terminal position, when preceded by a noise consonant, e.g.: people, garden, often, nation.

The structural patterns of syllables formed by sonorants with a preceding consonant in English are similar to V+C pattern.