Syllables and Phonotactics

Summing Up:
◮ There is a general ‘preference’ for consonants to be
onsets, rather than codas.
◮ That is, if the phonotactics would allow a particular
consonant in some word to be either an onset or a
coda, then it will be an onset.
◮ [b2 . low . ni], not *[b2l . own . i]
◮ Our syllabification algorithm captures this fact, by
ordering the labeling of onsets before the labeling of
codas.
◮ This way, the codas will only be made out of those
consonants that couldn’t be onsets.
Syllables and
Phonotactics
Supplementary
Readings
Introduction and
IPA Practice
The Basics of
Syllables
Syllables and
Phonotactics
Syllabification Rule
Syllabic
Consonants
Onsets Over
Codas