LINB09H3 Chapter Notes - Chapter 4: Syllabic Consonant, Monophthong, Syllable
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+ diphthongs): tends to be longer than lax, more peripheral of vowel space, produced a little higher. Closed syllable: ends in consonant: in english, lax vowels do not occur in word-final positions. Open syllable: ends in vowel or syllabic consonant: in english, tense vowels can occur in open/closed syllables. There are 15 different vowel nuclei (vocal part of syllable) in ga: 10 monophthongs, & 5 diphthongs. Tense monophthongs: / i u : schwa is a special lax monophthong because ti occurs in both open and closed syllables, remaining 5 vowels are lax. To show that tense vowels are allophonically longer than lax ones, we can use length diacritics ( ) (upside down triangle: ex. calm [ k m ] / / is only stressed when before / / [ / i ej ae oj u / do not occur before / / (note: all lax) Usually lax vowels precede: exceptions for / /: .
