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• 1. Schwa /ә /
• 2. /u:/ and /u/ (long /u/ and short /u/)
• 3. /i:/ and /I/ (long /i/ and short /i/)
• 4. Syllabic consonants ( /n/, /l/, /r/, /m/, /ɳ/)
STRONG AND
WEAK SYLLABLES
WHAT IS A SYLLABLE?
SYLLABLES
STRONG WEAK
STRONG SYLLABLES
NUCLEUS
STRONG VOWEL
/A: { V e 3: i: O: Q
u: /
SOME WEAK
VOWELS
/IU/
DIPHTHONGS
/aI eI OI aU @U
I@ e@ U@/
TRIPHTHONG
/ai@ eI@ OI@
aU@ @U@ /
WEAK SYLLABLES
NUCLEUS
The vowel schwa /@ /
a close front
unrounded vowel
in the general area of /
i: / and / I /
a syllabic consonant /
l1 n1 m1 r1 N1 /
SCHWA AND SPELLING
autumn / ′ɔ:təm /
support / sə′pɔ:t /
gracious /′greIʃəs /
callous / ′kæləs /
happy valley
/hæpi/ /væli/
happier easiest
/hæpiə/ /i:ziəst /
hurrying
/hʌriIŋ /
Lic. M. Daniela Farré de Julián
close back vowel /u://ʊ/
Weak syllables with /u://ʊ/ are not so
common.
Their most frequent occurrence is in the
words “ you” , “ into”, “ to”, “ do”,when
they are unstressed and followed by a
vowel
into a big room
/Intu @ bIg ru:m/
and “ through” and “ who” in all positions
when they are unstressed
Lic. M. Daniela Farré de Julián
close front vowel /i:/ /I/
/I /
/i:zI/ /bIzI/
/i:/
/i:zi:/ /bIzi:/
RP /i:zi/ /bIzi/
Lic. M. Daniela Farré de Julián
SYLLABIC CONSONANT
[ n1 l1 m11 N1 r1 ]
happen thicken
[h{p@n] [TIk@n]
[h{p@n1] [TIk@n]
[h{pm1] [TIkN1]
national veteran
[n{Sn1l1] [vetr1n1]
[n{Sn1@l] more frequent in RP [vet@r@n]
Contoh:
• 1.
SYLLABIC CONSONANTS:
1. Syllabic /l/
Contoh: kata muddle /mɅdl/, tunnel /tɅnl/