Chapter8
1.What is the meaning of "syllable"?
Syllables are usually described as consisting of a centre which has little or no obstruction to airflow and which sounds comparatively loud; before and after this center.
2.What is a "minimum syllable"?
We will call a minimum syllable is a single vowel in isolation. There are preceded and followed by silence.
3. What is the meaning of "onset" and "coda"?
Onset that is, instead of silence, they have one or more consonants preceding the centre of the syllable.
Syllables may have no onset but have a coda-that is, they end with one or more consonants.
4.Give examples of the following syllables:
a) a minimum syllable
b) onset+peak
c)peak+coda
d) onset+peak+coda
5.What is the defenition of the following terms:
a) phonotactics
the study of the possible phoneme combinations of a language is called phonotactics.
b) consonant cluster
when we have two or more consonants together we call them a consonant cluster.
6. Name the onset or different parts of it i the following single-syllable words?
/ɔː/
/peI/ pay
/steI/ still
/splet/ splite
7. Which group of consonants can happen in the following positions?
/......keIl/
onset
/s.....og/
coda
/......raI/
Onset and coda
8. If we have a pre-initial consonant, in a two-consonant onset, which group of consonants can follow it?
Initial consonant
9.In a three-consonant onet, which consonants can occure respectively?
Pree-initial
10. In the initial position of syllables,which consonant(s) and vowel(s) can not occure or rarely occure?

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