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1
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Syllables are

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The building blocks of words

2
Q

Words can have how many syllables?

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1,2,3 or 4 etc

3
Q

One syllable is referred to as

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Monosyllabic

4
Q

2,3,4 syllables is referred to as

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Multisyllabic

5
Q

A syllable always contains

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A nucleus and may also contain a consonant

6
Q

The nucleus is

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A vowel

7
Q

Syllabic consonant

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L in middle or n in sudden

8
Q

Syllable structure

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Syllable
/ \
Onset. Rhyme
|. /. \
Cc. Nucleus. Coda
Pl. |. |
V. C
Ae. Nt

9
Q

English syllable structure

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Cccvccc

10
Q

What is ambisyllabicity?

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Segment at junction of two syllables have “equal affiliation” to both

11
Q

What is phonotactics?

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The sequences of sounds that are allowed within a syllable

12
Q

Distribution refers to

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Which sounds can occur in which positions within a syllable

13
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English phonotactics

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No h in word final position

Can only have n after s in word initial (onset) position e.g sno not kno

14
Q

Spanish phonotavtics

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Word initial never sp

15
Q

What makes a syllable stressed?

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Louder and longer

16
Q

What does lexical mean?

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Word

17
Q

Rhythmic means

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Sentence

18
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Lexical and rhythmic stress: Waterloo station

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Stress shift