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of compound words
| Vowel | Intersyllabic sounds | Boundary | Examples | Notes |
| I. Short stressed | a) single consonant | within the consonant | [  le  ən]
[ rı  m]
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| b) consonant cluster | between the consonants | [  ek1|s2|t3|rə]
[ wın|dəυ]
[ rıŋ|kl]
| In case of intervocalic clusters we use the distributional criterion: the combination of consonants belongs to the following syllable, if such combinations are typical of English. | |
| II. Short unstressed, long, diphthong | a) single consonant | before the consonant | [ melə|dı]
[ k  :|nə]
[ leı|bl]
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| b) consonant cluster | maximally close to the vowel | [ə| dres]
[ık| spektıd]
[ fα:|stə]
[ peı|trən]
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! The so-called thriphthongs in English are disyllabic combinations, because they contain two vowel phonemes: [ faI |ə].
Ex. 1.1 (
, track 1)
How many syllables?
One word in each set has a different number of syllables from the others. Decide which it is, then check with the recording.
| Example: | lengths | if | table | on |
| 1 | destiny | chocolate | computer | afterwards |
| 2 | stopped | smashed | wanted | tried |
| 3 | Leicester | Lester | Stratford | Manchester |
| 4 | altogether | avocado | banana | Argentina |
| 5 | rhythm | chasm | through | thorough |
Ex. 1.2 ( , track 1)
What stress pattern?
One word in each set has a different stress pattern from the others. Which is it? Define the type of the stressed word. Check with the recording.
| Example: | picture ○ | nature ○ | capture ○ | mature ○ |
| 1 | politics | dynamic | musician | historic |
| 2 | create | supply | prostate | dictate |
| 3 | teacher | refer | eager | offer |
| 4 | edit | debit | submit | credit |
| 5 | Angela | Therese | spaghetti | banana |
Ex.1.3 Transcribe and divide into syllables.
Determine where the syllable boundary lies
| 1. | goodness | 5. | about | 9. | Saturday |
| 2. | hotter | 6. | lazy | 10. | export |
| 3. | village | 7. | family | 11. | hourly |
| 4. | cotton | 8. | admission | 12. | mathematics |
