Burkhanov Elyor

Burkhanov Elyor

Theme: Types of syllables

• Done by: Burkhanov Elyor
• Checked by: Khotamova Ziyoda

Syllable Formation and Syllable Division

The syllable may be defined as one or more speech – sounds forming a single uninterrupted unit of utterance which may be a whole word, e.g. man [mæn], / [ai] or part of it e.g. morning [mↄ:-niῆ]

In English a syllable is formed:

• By any vowel (monophthong or diphthong) alone or in combination with one or more consonants

are [a:] , he [hi:]

2) By a word-final sonorant (lateral or nasal) immediately preceded by a consonant, e.g.

Sonorant

• Sonorants in word – final position are not syllabic when they are preceded by a vowel sound.
• Syllabic sonorants Non – syllabic sonorants

sadden [ sædn] sand [sænd]

doesn’t [ ‘d˄zn’t] don’t [dəunt]

• Every syllable has a defined structure, or form, depending on the kind of speech – sound it ends in. There are two types of syllables distinguished from this point of view.
• 1) A syllable which ends in a vowel sound is called an open syllable, e.g.

I [ai] he [hi:]

2) A syllable which ends in a consonant sound is called a closed syllable e.g.

It [it] hundred [‘h˄n-dred]

The open and closed syllables referred to here are Phonetic syllable, i.e. Syllables consisting of actually

Pronounced speech – sounds.

These phonetic syllables should not be confused with the open and closed syllables sometimes referred to in the so – called reading rules.

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