5.) Suprasegmental Phonology

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What is suprasegmental phonology? • The combination of segments into larger units, such as syllables /lɪŋˈgwɪstɪks/ • Phonological properties of longer stretches of speech (intonation, stress, rhythm, tone...)
What are Syllables? • A phonological unit above the phoneme • One could say: the smallest rhythmic unit of speech Not very specific... • Very difficult to define what a syllable actually is, even though pretty much all speakers of a language will have a feeling for it
Monosyllabic one syllable ->I, of, bee, lend, great, stream, crunched
Polysyllabic more than one syllable -> yellow, computer, America, revolutionary
The structure of a syllable
Onset..? At least one consonant -can remain empty
Nucleus Vowel; Diphthong; Syllabic consonant must be filled
Coda At least one consonant -can remain empty
Examples • Onset + Nucleus + Coda: bed, get, mop • Onset + Nucleus: bee, go, my • Nucleus + Coda: on, up, out • Nucleus: I, a, oh
The coda -> filled vs. empty • If the coda is ‘filled’ (i.e. there is a consonant sound at the end of the syllable), this is called a closed syllable man, pot, heat, in, rain, ... If the coda is ‘empty’ (i.e. there is nothing after the nucleus), this is called an open syllable to, low, how, through, star (RP only!), ...
Syllable structures in other languages • Different languages have different rules concerning syllable structure • Example: Japanese • Codas far less common in Japanese, open syllables are typical: • Textte.ki.su.to • Vowel insertion to avoid ‘impossible’ clusters
Phonotactics Set of constraints regarding possible or impossible consonant clusters in either onset or coda i.e. which consonants are ‘allowed’ to go next to each other (different for different languages)
English vs. German
Syllabification How do we decide how to split a word into syllables? • Maximal onset principle • Sonority sequencing principle
Maximal onset principle • If you have to choose between filling the onset or the coda, choose the onset • If there’s no other choice, then fill the coda banana bə . nɑ: . nə
Sonority sequencing principle • Sounds in the onset must rise in sonority • Sounds in the coda must fall in sonority • The nucleus is the most sonorous part of a syllable
Sonority • ‘a measure of the output of periodic acoustic energy associated with the production of a particular segment, and hence its intrinsic loudness’ ->how loud a sound is • This is a relative characteristic • Try producing the following sounds: [p] – [g] – [z] – [ɹ] – [ɑ:]
The position of /l/ in a syllable • If /l/ is in the onset of a syllable, it is realized as a clear [l] • If /l/ is in the coda of a syllable, it is realized as a dark [ɫ]
What /l/ is produced here? Almost [ˈɔːɫ.məʊst] dark
Follow [ˈfɒ.ləʊ] clear
Telling [ˈte.lɪŋ] clear
Levelling [ˈle.və.lɪŋ] clear
Guilty [ˈgɪɫ.ti] dark
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