LINGUIST 1A03 Chapter Notes - Chapter 3: Part Of Speech, Affix, Preposition And Postposition

• School: McMaster University
• Department: Linguistics
• Course: LINGUIST 1A03
• Professor: Catherine Anderson

Document Summary

Week 10 reading sections 3. 2. 1, 3. 2. 2, 3. 2. 6, and section 4. 1. Languages vary from each other in terms of the syllables they allow. In some languages, a (c)v template is strictly followed: all syllables consist of a consonant followed by a vowel, or of just a vowel. English allows up to three consonants at the beginning og a syllable, and up to four at the end. Structure of core syllables: syllable breaks down into onset and rhyme, and rhyme breaks down into nucleus and coda. Nucleus, which constitutes the backbone of every syllable, is required in all languages: variation is the sounds that can function as the nucleus, in most languages, vowels or diphthongs tend to be the nucleus. All languages allow an onset consisting of atleast one consonant to the left of the nucleus, and some even require that every syllable have an onset: english allows up to three.