THE

SYLLABLES
a presentation
MEMBER OF GROUP
MOH. WILDAN FIRDAUSI ROMADHANI (19180056)
PUPUT RIMA HANDAYANI (19180014)
INTAN PUSPITA SARI (19180027)
KURNIA FADILAH ILMA (19180023)
TABLE OF CONTENTS

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THE NATURE OF THE STRUCTURE OF THE SYLLABLE

THE SYLLABLE ENGLISH SYLLABLE DIVISION
INTRODUCTION
A syllable is a unit of organization for a
sequence of speech sounds. It is
typically made up of a syllable nucleus
(most often a vowel) with optional initial
and final margins (typically,
consonants). Syllables are often
considered the phonological "building
blocks" of words.
 How to count syllable

Vowel sound

Cat : /kæt/ : 1 syllable

Hungry : /'hʌŋgrɪ/ : 2 syllables
Employ /ɪm'plɔɪ/ : 2 syllables
Collage /ˈkɒlɑːʒ/ : 2 syllables
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THE NATURE OF THE SYLLABLE

We find a similar situation with the syllable, in that it may be
defined both phonetically and phonologically.
CONCEPTS
MINIMUM SYLLABLE
is a single vowel in isolation
(e.g. the words ‘are’ /a:/, ‘or’
/o:/, ‘err’ /3:/). These are
preceded and followed by
silence.
ONSET (start)
that is, instead of silence, they
have one or more consonants
preceding the centre of the
syllable: ‘bar’ /ba:/ ‘key’ /ki:/ ‘more’
/mo:/
CONCEPTS (2)

CODA (end) BOTH

that is, they end with one or Some syllables have both onset
more consonants: ‘am’ /æm/ and coda: ‘ran’ /ræn/ ‘sat’ /sæt/
‘ought’ /o:t/ ‘ease’ /i:z/ ‘fill’ /fil/
CONCEPTS (3)
MAN = 1 syllable

m æ n
PEAK
ONSET PEAK CODA
that is, normally vowels in a
syllable: ‘short’ /ʃɔːt/ ‘thin’ /θɪn/
‘eat’ /iːt/ ENGLISH = 2 syllable
ˈɪ ŋ ɡ l ɪ ʃ
PEAK CODA ONSET PEAK CODA

1 syllable (no onset) 1 syllable (both, the onset

consist 2 consonants)
Structure of English syllable
Initial and final consonant cluster

When 2 or more consonant are

blended together

Eg. Slide /'slaɪd/ : initial (in the begining)

Lamp /'læmp/ : final (in the end)
 Initial consonant

Pre initial (s) initial Post initial (I,r,w,j)

Eg : play /'pleɪ/ story/'stɔ:rɪ/

initial Pre initial
Post initial initial
 Final consonant

Pre final Post final

final
(m,n,g,l,s) (s,z,t,d, θ)

Eg. Lapsed /læpst/ Eg. Helped /'helpt/

Post final 2 Pre final final Post final
final
Post final 1
 syllable

Onset Rhyme
the initial phonological unit of any word which the string of letter that follow the onset which
contains the initial consonant or consonant contain the vowel and any final consonant
blend

Peak/nucleus coda
vowel The ending sound of syllable
Final consonant
Eg.

Dog /'dɒg/ Apple /'æpəl/

onset Peak/nucleus coda
Peak/nucleus coda onset Peak
/nucleus
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Syllable Division
The following secret instruction will prepare you with the
skill required to split a word into syllables.
Rules of syllable Division

Part 1 Part 2 Part 3

CVC - CVC Doublets Vowel r

Part 4 Part 5 Part 6

Vowel Team Open Syllable Magic e
Rules of syllable Division (2)
CVC-CVC
1 helmet = hel+met

Doublets
2 lesson = lesson = les+son

Vowel r
3 target = tar+get
a and r make one sound
Rules of syllable Vowel Team
Division (3) 4 contain = con+tain
a and r two vowel join
together to make one
sound

Open Syllable
5 unit = u+nit
medal = med+al

Magic e
• escape = es+cape (e
6 silent )
• tremble = trem+ble
(le sound ul)