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Syllables and Phonotactics Course Readings Introduction and IPA Practice The Basics of Syllables Syllables and Phonotactics Syllables and Phonotactics Syllabification Rule Syllabic Consonants Onsets Over Codas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Syllables and Course Readings Phonotactics Course Readings Introduction and IPA Practice The Basics of Syllables Syllables and The following readings have been posted to the Moodle Phonotactics Syllabification Rule course site: Syllabic ▶ Contemporary Linguistics: Chapter 3 (pp. 77-84) Consonants Onsets Over ▶ “Syllables” by Kyle Johnson Codas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Syllables and A Review of Where We Are Phonotactics Course Readings The Fundamental Question (for Linguists): Introduction and IPA Practice What is the system of rules and mental representations The Basics of that underlies out ability to speak and understand a Syllables Syllables and human language? Phonotactics Syllabification Rule Syllabic ▶ Last Unit: IPA Consonants Notation that unambiguously represents the phones Onsets Over Codas of all human languages. ▶ This Unit: Phonology Rules that operate over those representations , and thereby affect how words are pronounced. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Syllables and Some Quick IPA Practice Phonotactics Course Readings Introduction and IPA Practice The Basics of Syllables Syllables and First, let’s practice reading some IPA: Phonotactics Syllabification Rule Syllabic [ bôejs j1ôsElf wInt1ô Iz k2mIN ] Consonants Onsets Over Codas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Syllables and Some Quick IPA Practice Phonotactics Course Readings Introduction and IPA Practice The Basics of Syllables Syllables and First, let’s practice reading some IPA: Phonotactics Syllabification Rule Syllabic [ bôejs j1ôsElf wInt1ô Iz k2mIN ] Consonants Onsets Over (Brace yourself: Winter is coming!) Codas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Syllables and Some Quick IPA Practice Phonotactics Course Readings Introduction and IPA Practice The Basics of Syllables Syllables and Here’s another one: Phonotactics Syllabification Rule Syllabic [ aj downt wAnt tu lIv An DIs plæn1t EnimOô ] Consonants Onsets Over Codas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Syllables and Some Quick IPA Practice Phonotactics Course Readings Introduction and IPA Practice The Basics of Syllables Syllables and Here’s another one: Phonotactics Syllabification Rule Syllabic [ aj downt wAnt tu lIv An DIs plæn1t EnimOô ] Consonants Onsets Over (I don’t want to live on this planet anymore) Codas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Syllables and Towards ‘Phonology’ Phonotactics Course Readings Introduction and IPA Practice IPA transcription represents some of our knowledge of The Basics of how a word is pronounced: Syllables Syllables and Phonotactics ▶ Phones making up the word Syllabification Rule ▶ Sequence in which those phones are produced Syllabic Consonants Onsets Over Codas However, there is more to a word’s pronunciation than just this... ▶ There are also general rules governing English pronunciation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Syllables and Introducing Syllables Phonotactics Course Readings Introduction and Key Example IPA Practice When we pronounce ‘understanding’, we don’t pronounce The Basics of Syllables (or perceive) it as a simple string of sounds... Syllables and Phonotactics ▶ Rather, the phones are grouped together into ‘beats’ Syllabification Rule Syllabic ▶ These ‘beats’ making up the word give it a rhythm Consonants Onsets Over ▶ These ‘beats’ and rhythm come out naturally when Codas we speak words slowly ▶ [ 2n . d1ô . stæn . diN ] ‘understanding’ ▶ [ pEp . tow . bIz . mAl ] ‘Pepto Bismol’ ▶ [ b2 . low . ni ] ‘Bologna’ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Syllables and Introducing Syllables Phonotactics Vocabulary: Course Readings These ‘beats’ making up the sound-structure of the word Introduction and IPA Practice are called syllables . The Basics of Syllables Syllables and Phonotactics Syllabification Rule Syllabic Consonants Onsets Over Codas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Syllables and Introducing Syllables Phonotactics Vocabulary: Course Readings These ‘beats’ making up the sound-structure of the word Introduction and IPA Practice are called syllables . The Basics of Syllables Key Fact: Syllables and Phonotactics For most English words, speakers only accept one way of Syllabification Rule breaking it up into syllables Syllabic Consonants ▶ [ 2n . d1ô . stæn . diN ] * [ 2 . nd1ôs . tænd . iN ] Onsets Over ▶ [ pEp . tow . bIz . mAl ] * [ pEpt . ow . bIzm . Al ] Codas ▶ [ b2 . low . ni ] * [ b2l . own . i ] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Syllables and Introducing Syllables Phonotactics Vocabulary: Course Readings These ‘beats’ making up the sound-structure of the word Introduction and IPA Practice are called syllables . The Basics of Syllables Key Fact: Syllables and Phonotactics For most English words, speakers only accept one way of Syllabification Rule breaking it up into syllables Syllabic Consonants ▶ [ 2n . d1ô . stæn . diN ] * [ 2 . nd1ôs . tænd . iN ] Onsets Over ▶ [ pEp . tow . bIz . mAl ] * [ pEpt . ow . bIzm . Al ] Codas ▶ [ b2 . low . ni ] * [ b2l . own . i ] Conclusion: Part of knowing English is knowing how to divide words into syllables ▶ So, this information is represented in our brains somehow. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Syllables and Towards Syllabification Phonotactics Course Readings Question: Introduction and IPA Practice How is this information represented in our brains? The Basics of Syllables Syllables and Phonotactics Syllabification Rule Syllabic Consonants Onsets Over Codas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Syllables and Towards Syllabification Phonotactics Course Readings Question: Introduction and IPA Practice How is this information represented in our brains? The Basics of Syllables Syllables and Wrong Hypothesis: Phonotactics Syllabification Rule Maybe we just memorize it on a word-by-word basis? Syllabic ▶ When we learn a word like ‘bologna’, we learn: Consonants ▶ The phones that compose it: [ b2lowni ] Onsets Over Codas ▶ The word’s syllabification : [ b2 . low . ni ] Vocabulary: The way that a word is broken down into syllables is called syllabification . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Syllables and Towards Syllabification Phonotactics Wrong Hypothesis: Course Readings The syllabification of word is memorized on a case-by-case Introduction and basis. IPA Practice The Basics of Syllables Syllables and Phonotactics Syllabification Rule Syllabic Consonants Onsets Over Codas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Syllables and Towards Syllabification Phonotactics Wrong Hypothesis: Course Readings The syllabification of word is memorized on a case-by-case Introduction and basis. IPA Practice The Basics of Problem for This Hypothesis: Syllables English speakers know how to syllabify words they’ve never Syllables and Phonotactics heard spoken before. Syllabification Rule Example: Syllabic Consonants ▶ Read the following word to yourself silently: “badartogly” Onsets Over Codas ▶ Say the word to yourself slowly, breaking it into syllables... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .