LIN228H1 Chapter Notes - Chapter 5: Ksts, Syllable, Accidental Gap
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The vowel of a syllable is regarded as the nucleus or center of the syllable. Elements before the nucleus are called the onset, and elements after are the coda. The nucleus and coda together are a rhyme. A syllable with an empty coda is an open syllable, and one with a coda is a closed syllable. Phonotactics is the study of the possible combinations of sounds in a language. This includes combinations that cannot occur, such as bnik Systematic gap: a sequence of sounds not allowed in a language. Accidental gap: potentially a word, but does not occur. (nonsense word) /s/ can precede a voiceless stop, and then the approximants /l w j/ Examples of onsets: m + j (mute) f + l j (fly, fry, few) v + j (view) + w (thrive, thwart) s + l w f v (sleep, swim, sphere, svelte) + l (shrine, schlemiel) h + j (huge)
