LING 2P50 Chapter 14: chap 14
15 Jan 2016
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Suprasegmentals: linguistically important phenomena; length, stress, pitch, intonation. Syllable ( ): phonological unit of organisation containing one or more segments. Geminates: 2 adjacent identical segments (nucleus branches into 2 for a diphthong like aj") Syllabic consonants: sonorant consonants that sometimes form the nucleus; indicated by [mm ] Open syllable: has an empty coda; no final consonant. Closed syllable: has one or more final consonants. Heavy: syllable with a branching nucleus or with branching coda. Light: syllable with unbranched nucleus and no coda. Chest pulse: a single contraction of muscles in the rib cage acts to pull the rib cage down, thereby pushing air out of the lungs; unworkable model. Prominence: greater sonority=greater prominence; more sonorant sounds stand out and are perceptually more prominent than their neighbours. Sonority curve: when the individual lines of relative sonority are joined. Sonority theory: a peak of sonority defines a syllable (ex. 2 peaks mean 2 syllables) a peak of sonority)
