The Syllable

Word (1 Syllable):

•     is never divided.

•     has one or more letters, but one vowel sound.

•     is produced by single voice impulse.

•     Example: (beat) .

Word Compound:

•     is divided between the words that make it.

•     Example: (cow / boy  -   sun / set).

VIP:

•     (be - de - ex - re): in the beginning make a syllable of their own.

•     Vowel sounded alone : forms a syllable itself. Example (grad / u / ate).

•     Number of vowel sounds = number of syllables.

•     The word is divided between the affix and the root. Example (melt / ed - dis / turb).

Diagraphs:

•     2 Consonants make a single sound.

•     can't be divided.

•     (Ch - sh - th - wh - ng - nk - ck ......).

•     Example: (buck / le  -  noth / ing  -  cash / ier).

 Closed syllable:

•     Ends with Consonant.

•     Short vowel or Shwa.

Open Syllable:

•     Ends with a Vowel.

•     Generally Long.

 Minimum Syllable:

•     a single Vowel in isolation.

•     proceeded and followed by silence.

•     Example: (are  -  or).

Consonant Cluster:

•     2 or more Consonants together.

•     Example: ( inspect ) -- ( 3 consonants).

 Syllabic Consonant:

•     Syllable contains no vowel at all, consists entirely of consonants.

•     it occures after another consonant.

•     Example: (bottle - muddle).

•     most obvious in words ending with 1 or more consonants, followed by (le). Example: (cattle - couple - bottling - struggle).

•      Followed by (al - el), Example: (panel - pedal - parcel).

•     Syllabic (n) is most common after alveolar plosives, bilabial and fricatives. Example: (eaten).