SAR SH 221 Lecture 4: Lecture 4

• School: Boston University
• Department: Speech, Language & Hearing Sciences
• Course: SAR SH 221
• Professor: Perrachione

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What are the syllables in the word university . We can have 0 in the onset too. The vowel is the only obligatory part of the syllable. What is an example of a consonant that is produced: How to tell if it is lax or tense? try saying it in a single syllable word without a consonant. If you can say it like key or see or suu or say or saw. If there is no coda, then it is a tense vowel. If you cannot put it in a single syllable word without a coda, then it is a lax vowel (said, set, hat). The only exception is the world the . but if you have to stress it, you say thee not the. Diphthongs two vowels that act as one. We do not only have a single articulation, the tongue is moving a lot. The tongue and everything is always in motion.