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Non-Segmental Phonology

Non-Segmental Phonology. sounds other than sound segments Kuiper and Allan Chapter 6. Sub areas of non-segmental phonology. Syllables (Kuiper an Allan, 6.1) Suprasegmentals (Kuiper and Allan, 6.2) pitch intonation Stress (Kuiper and Allan, 6.3). IPA suprasegmental chart. Exercise.

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Non-Segmental Phonology

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  1. Non-Segmental Phonology sounds other than sound segments Kuiper and Allan Chapter 6

  2. Sub areas of non-segmental phonology • Syllables (Kuiper an Allan, 6.1) • Suprasegmentals (Kuiper and Allan, 6.2) • pitch • intonation • Stress (Kuiper and Allan, 6.3)

  3. IPA suprasegmental chart

  4. Exercise Transcribe the words below phonemically and place a syllable marker (a low dot) between the syllables: technical lengthen industry

  5. Answers • /tek.nI.k´l/ • /leN.P´n/ • /êIn.d´.stri/ or • /êIn.d´s.tri/

  6. Syllables • Native speakers have intuitions about where syllable boundaries are. • The number of syllables in a word is connected with the number of vowels. • Consonants are at syllable boundaries. • Sometimes a consonant can belong to either of two adjoining syllables.

  7. Syllable structure and phonotactics • Acceptable consonant clusters (initially or finally in a syllable) are determined by the phonotactics of the language. • /skr/ is a permissible syllable initial consonant cluster in English. • /sbl/ is not.

  8. Exercises 1. Why are the following syllable divisions bad? o.bscure infi.ltration unp.rete.ntious 2. Why are the following, optional syllable boundaries? re.tri.bu.tionvsret.rib.u.tion

  9. Ambisyllabic consonants • can belong to either the end of one or beginning of the next adjacent syllables. • su(s)tain

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