LINGUIST 201 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Obstruent, Syllabification, Phonotactics
13 Feb 2017
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Voiceless obstruent stops, which are /p/ /t/ /k/ become aspirated when they are at the beginning of a syllable. These are the only aspirated sounds in english. X xh / [onset ____ where x is a voiceless stop. Xvoiceless obstruent stops xvoiceless obstruent stopsh / [word ____ Sounds of a word are grouped in syllables, which are separated by brief pauses. The nuclei are the centers of syllables and are usually vowels. Every syllable has a nucleus and every vowel is a nucleus. In that case they are marked with [m ] in the transcription. The group of consonants that make up the opening of a syllable are called an onset. The group of consonants that make up the end of a syllable are called a coda. Not all possible consonant clusters are possible onsets and codas for every language. The rules that govern which consonants can make up onsets and codas are called phonotactic rules.
