The syllable

The Syllable Syllables have no phonetic reality Nothing tells you where one stops and another ends

Evidence for the Syllable Syllables are psychological not phonetic

Evidence for the Syllable Poetry uses syllables

Evidence for the Syllable Many phonological rules happen Word finally or Before a C

Evidence for the Syllable Many phonological rules happen Word finally or Before a C These are the same thing as In the syllable coda

Evidence for the Syllable /l/ is [ɯ] in Portuguese Word finally Brazi[ɯ] Before C fi[ɯ]me Not before V i[l]egal Not word initially [l]egal

Evidence for the Syllable /r/ is [l] in Korean Word finally [pul] Before C [kilda] Not before V [kandari]

Evidence for the Syllable It’s simpler to say X > Y in the coda

Evidence for the Syllable Syllable structure

Evidence for the Syllable Syllable structure The Rhyme is a unit

Evidence for the Syllable Rhymes in color fog [fag] Smoke [smok]

Evidence for the Syllable Rhymes in color fog [fag] Smoke [smok] Smoke + fog = [smag] not [smog]

Evidence for the Syllable Rhymes in color breakfast [brɛk] Lunch [lʌɲʧ] Break + lunch = [brʌɲʧ] not [brɛʧ]

Evidence for the Syllable Language games Often move or manipulate syllables

Evidence for the Syllable Syllabaries Writing systems that encode syllables not phonemes