N. V. Tatsenko introduction to theoretical phonetics of english

Compound words can be divided according to their meaning: hot-dog; spot-light.
It is not possible to divide a word within a phonetic syllable:
A suffix of two syllables such as -able, -ably, -fully cannot be divided in writing, e.g. reli-able, lov-ably, beauti-fully. If there are two or three consonants before -ing, these consonants may be separated in writing: gras-ping, puz-zling.
With the exception of -ly, a word cannot be divided so that an ending of two letters such -ed, -er, -ic begins the next line, e. g. worked, teacher, hectic, but: cold-ly, bold-ly.
A word of one phonetic syllable, a word of less than five letters cannot be divided into syllabographgs, e. g. piece [pi:s], time [taim].
Now we shall consider three very important functions of the syllable.
The first function is known to be the constitutive function (конститутивна функщя) of the syllable. It lies in its ability to be a part of a word or a word itself. The syllable forms language units of greater magnitude that is words, morphemes and utterances. In this respect two things should be emphasized. First, the syllable is the unit within which the relations between the distinctive features of the phonemes and their acoustic correlates are revealed. Second, within a syllable (or a sequence of syllables) prosodic characteristics of speech are realized, which form the stress-pattern of a word and the rhythmic and intonation structures of an utterance. In sum, the syllable is a specific minimal structure of both segmental and suprasegmental features.
The other function of the syllable is its distinctive function (смислорозрiзнювальна/дистинктивна функщя). In this respect, the syllable is characterized by its ability to differentiate words and word-forms. To illustrate this a set of minimal pairs should be found so that qualitative and/or