LIN229H1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Sibilant, Persian Language, Cvcc
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English words are transformed when borrowed, just as we change the pronunciation of the japanese word karaoke" from the /ae/ to /i/. Syllable: a phonological unit (domain) that groups sounds together. January 16, 2017: we talk about syllables in terms of how the mind processes them. In spectrograms it is difficult to determine at what point exactly to terminate a syllable and begin a new one. Evidence for syllables: syllables consist of consonants and vowels, evidence for syllables is phonological, we will examine evidence from 3 angles, comparing languages, acquisition, poetry and games. Iambic pattern in the song effervescing elephant by syd barret (1970: le bon gars switches metres from 5 to 6 syllables. A language game: lidikya: a game from luganda, bantu by switching the order of cv sequences, mubinikilo lokinibimu, estonian game: insert /p/ after 1st syllable, sadi sapida, the second /a/ in [saak] is just showing length.
