Concept in Definition ABC
Miscellanea / / July 04, 2021
By Cecilia Bembibre, in Jul. 2010
In the communication, whether it is through the languagewritten As from oral, we find a basic figure known as a syllable. The syllable is the minimum Unit into which a word can be divided. Although we find numerous exceptions to the rules of the phonology, it could be said that in general terms the syllable is the union of a vowel with a consonant. So when we have the floor craziness we find three different syllables: it, cu Y ra.
Phonology organizes language from sounds and that is why it is easier to establish a system by dividing each word into more or less equal parts. Each syllable is a small portion of the word and there are some rules to follow that are used to understand how to properly divide each word, although there are exceptions to them. Thus, it is normal that each syllable consists of a vowel and a consonant, although we also find cases of syllables formed only by a vowel (as for example in the word love: to - mor), as well as it is also possible to find syllables with more than one consonant or vowel.
However, it is not possible to find syllables formed only by consonants. In cases of short words such as three, two or wrong, no division is made, since in any case a syllable would remain without a vowel. Furthermore, syllables may not divide regularly in the presence of diphthongs. A diphthong is the union of two vowels together, for example in the word foot. In this case the word is considered a single syllable in itself and it is not possible to divide pi - e since the diphthongs never separate.
Syllables are made up of three elements: the core syllabic (the most important or voiced of the same), the syllabic attack (the one that precedes the nucleus and is lower in loudness) and the ending (the final part). An example of these three parts is the word ten: the diphthong ie occupies the place of the nucleus, while the d is the syllabic attack and the z the coda.
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