1. The syllable

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

3. Evidence for the Syllable
Syllables are psychological not phonetic

4. Evidence for the Syllable
Poetry uses syllables

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

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

7. 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

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

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

10. Evidence for the Syllable
Syllable structure

11. Evidence for the Syllable
Syllable structure
The Rhyme is a unit

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

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

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

15. Evidence for the Syllable
Language games
Often move or manipulate syllables

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