ASLS 661 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Peter Ladefoged, Pitch Contour, Declination
12 Sep 2016
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A sound may occur in the initial position of a syllable but not necessarily in the initial position of the word. Nucleus and coda are collectively known as rhyme: complex: squints (cccvccc). Of course, multisyllabic words can be even more complex. Those segments are also termed syllable releasing sounds: coda refers to those segments following the peak. These are also labeled syllable arresting sounds: rhyme consists of the peak and coda of a syllable. Syllable production: the point of this discussion is that english syllable structure can be difficult for children who are having trouble acquiring english phonology. They face complexities that few of the world"s children have to deal with, because very few languages of the world allow this level of complexity at the syllable level. The number of syllables an utterance contains (fewer syllables are easier to produce) The type of syllable relative to open vs. closed (open syllables are easier to produce)
