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1. Anisa Elianti
2. Ni Luh Ayu S.
3. Savira Sofiana
4. Vivie Mawadahtu A.
5. Ruth Oktavia H.
6. Puput Kartika J.
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STRONG ANDWEAK SYLLABLES
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Strong syllables : vowel is stressed and higher
intensity when its pronounced
Weak syllables : vowel is unstressed, more
shoterand lower intensity when its pronounced.
e.g. : support [sp:t]
mother [ma:]
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Schwa () is always associated with weak
syllable. Its generally described as lax or
means that not articulation with much energy.
The most frequently occuring vowel in
English is , which is always associated
with weak syllables
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Spelt with a ; strong pronunciation would have
attend tend
Spelt with ar ; strong pronunciation would have :
particular ptkjl
Adjectival endings spelt ate ; strong pronunciation
would have e
intimate ntmt
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Spelt with o ; strong pronunciation would have
tomorrow tmr
Spelt with or ; strong pronunciation would have :
forget frget
Spelt with e ; strong pronunciation would have
settlement set|mnt
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Spelt with er ; strong pronunciation would
have :
perhaps phps
Spelt with u ; strong pronunciation would
have
Autumn :tm
Spelt with ous ;
gracious gres
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Two other vowel are commonly found in
weak syllable :
Close front ( i: and )
Close backrounded (u: and )
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The symbols for weak vowel as i without length-
mark.
Usually we can find i occuring :
a) in word-final position ( y or ey ) after consonant
letter.
Example : baby [bbi] , valley [vli]
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Or in morpheme- final position when such word have suffixes
beginning the vowels.
Example : happier [hpi] , easiest [i:zist]
In a prefix (re, pre, de ) if it precedes a vowel and
unstressed.
Example : react [rikt] , deactivate[diktvet]
In the suffixes (iate, ious ) when they have two syllables.
Example : appreciate [pri:iet] ,
hilarious [hleris]
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In the following words when unstressed.
Example : he, she, we, me,be
And the word the when it precedes a vowel.
Example : The actor [i kt(r)]
A close front unrounded vowel can assign the vowel to
the phoneme.
-) in the fisrt syllable : enough [ nf]
-) in the middle syllable : orchestra [:kstr]
-) in the final syllable : swimming [swm]
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The symbol of this weak vowel as u without length-mark,
and it is not commonly found.
u most frequently found in the words when they are
unstressed and are not immediately preceding a consonant,
e.g : you [ju], to [tu]
This weak vowel also found before another vowel within a
word,
e.g: evacuation [vkjuen]
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Syllabic consonants is the consonants that have small
vertical mark. (, , etc.)
l The position of the tongue :
Are raised for the preceding consonant, are lowered to allow
air to escape over them, tip and blade of the tongue do not
move until the articulatory contact for the is released.
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We can find dark l ( ) precedes a close back
rounded vowel instead.
The most obvious case where we have a word ending
with one or more consonant letter followed by le or
plurals/thirds form les.
-) With alveolar consonant preceding
cattle [kt]-) With non alveolar consonant preceding
couple [kp]
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-) Such words usually lose their final letter e when a
suffix beginning with a vowel is attached, but the
usually remains syllabic (ling is diminutive suffix).
Example : bottle-bottling [bt][bti]
-) We also find syllabic in words spelt with, at the end, one
or more consonant letters followed by al or el.
Example : panel [pn]
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n
Of the syllabic nasals, the most frequently found and the mostimportant is .
Syllabic n is most common after alveolar plosives and
fricatives.
In the case oft and d followed by the plosive is nasally
released by lowering the soft palate.
With an before n
tonight [ tnat]
Commonly a syllabic n :
threaten [ret], [ret]
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syllabic n after non-alveolar consonants is not so
widespread. In words where the syllable following avelar consonant is spelt an or on is very rarely heard.
Example :
toboggan its usually pronounce as [tbgn]
wagon its usually pronounce as [wgn]
Usually we can find syllabic in: After bilabial bilabial consonant
After velar consonant
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After f or v
If l is followed by a plosive
If s precedes.
m ,
Equally acceptable happenwhich can be
pronounced[h
pm],though [hpn] and[hpn]
oruppermostwhich could be pronounced as [pmast] though
[pmst] would be more usual.
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Syllabic velar nasals
Example: thicken [k]
( [kn] or [k] are also possible)
The nasal consonant occurs between velar
consonants
Example : Broken key [brk ki:]
( or n could be subtituted for )
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r
Syllabic is less common in RP most cases where it
occurs there are perfectly acceptable alternative
pronounciation without the syllabic consonant.
Where non-syllable t is also acceptable
Example : history [hsti] or [hsti]
(not usually hstri)
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Where ris also acceptable
Example : flattery [flti] or [fltri]
(not usually [fltri] )
It seems that type (a) concerns cases where more
than one consonant precedes the weak syllable in
question, and type (b) where there is only one consonant
preceding.
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There are few pairs of words (minimal pairs) in
which a difference in meaning appears to depend on
whether a particular r is syllabic or not.
Example : hungary [hgi]hungry [hgri]
Syllabic would not possible to subtituted either
non-syllabic r (type a) or r (type b).
Example : hungary [hgri]
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Its not unsual to find two syllabic consonant together.
Example : veteran [vet]
It can be pronounce as a non-syllabic consonant or a
non-syllabic consonant plus .[vetrn] , [vetr] or [vetrn]