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Outline of Chapter 10: Examining Suprasegmentals across languages 1. Syllables 2. Length 3. Timing (intonation) 4. Pitch 5. Stress
Top 10 questions about syllables you can’t live without knowing the answer to: 1. What are the parts of the syllable? 2. How do we know syllables exist? 3. What makes defining a syllable so hard? 4. What does the word “ambisyllabic” mean? 5. What is the sonority principle? 6. Why do we change the number of syllables in a word in casual speech? 7. What can be a nucleus in a language? 8. How do syllables differ? 9. How do languages differ in the number and type of syllables? 10. How do dialects differ in their use of syllables?
Page 1 and 2: Chapter 10, day 1 A P R I L 1 2 , 2
Page 3: If you want to turn in a draft of y
Page 7 and 8: What Sounds are onsets, codas and n
Page 9: 4.5 4 3.5 3 2.5 2 1.5 1 0.5 0 Sonor
Page 13 and 14: 5. What is the sonority principle?
Page 15 and 16: SSP Examples from languages: Platea
Page 17 and 18: 6. Why do we sometimes change the n
Page 19 and 20: 7. What can be a nucleus in a langu
Page 21 and 22: Different syllables in words V = a
Page 23: Typical syllable types across langu
Page 27: Principles that guide syllable type

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