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Syllable, Stress & Accent
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EXERCISES |
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THE
SYLLABLE: SONORITY |
(a) Plot the following words onto the sonority
scale and discuss the results:
ear, car, earn, fold,
confuse, charming, action, assumption, carelessness,
violin, evolution, entertainment, revolutionary, circumstantiality.
(b) Discuss the difficulties in
the sonority analysis of the following words:
power, lower, seeing, dual
/(i) ˈdju:.əl; (ii) djʊəl/, serious /(i) ˈsɪə.ri.əs; (ii) ˈsɪə.rjəs/, eggs, speak, sticks.
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SYLLABLE
STRUCTURE |
(a) Make tree diagrams for the following
syllables.
big, done, peak, shame,
car, do, ease, own, air, oh, tree,
new, old, trunk, field, trained, cleaned.
(b) Discuss the problems that
the tree diagrams of the following words pose:
prompt /prɒmpt/, linked /lɪŋkt/, strain,
scream.
(c) Try to explain the reason
for the possible elision
in prompt /prɒmt/ and linked
/lɪŋt/.
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SYLLABIFICATION |
Divide the following words into syllables according
to all three approaches outlined in the tutorial:
rabbit, better, greater,
pager, stranger, finger, mattress, insist,
fury, prosper, prosperity (/prɒsperəti/, stressed vowel underlined), hello /(i) hələʊ; (ii) heləʊ/, phonology.
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STRESS |
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page of exercises on stress.
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