LING 310 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Nasal Consonant, Velarization, Canadian Raising
25 Nov 2017
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Rules for how syllables can be constructed: sonority hierarchy/curve, 0:obstruents 1: nasals 2: liquids 3: glides 4: vowels, middle = high #, edge = low, syllable nucleus has highest sonority with decreasing sonority outward. Binarity requirement: max 2 constituents usually right-branching. Open syllables (v) where the syllable has no consonants at the end (no coda) Usually add to beginning and end of syllables. Place non-core portion of syllables as appendicies to the syllable. English syllables: lax vowels cant be in closed syllables. Lets syllabify some words: id the nucleus/i, id the onset(s, maximize onset, id the coda(s, deal with appendix consonants. * does not have a coda, both the e and r are the n. Vocab: monosyllabic, disyllabic/bisyllabic, trisyllabic, , polysyllabic. Word stress most prominent syllables of word: english stressed syllables are usually, louder, longer, higher in pitch, other languages differ, upper tick" is primary, lower tick" is secondary.
