1. Syllable Templates

2. Templates
Universal Template
All languages have CV syllables

3. Templates Universal Template Maximal Template
All languages have CV syllables
Maximal Template
The syllable with the most members possible

4. Templates
Maximal CV V CV

5. Templates
Maximal CV V CV
Maximal CVC
CVC

6. Templates
Maximal CV V CV
Maximal CVC
CVC
Maximal CCV
CCV

7. Maximal Template in English?

8. Maximal Template in English?
‘strengths’
CCCVCCC or CCCVCCCC if [stɹɛŋkϴs]
‘sixths’
CVCCCC

9. Japanese Syllables Maximal Template is CVN Permissible syllables V CV

10. Japanese Syllables Maximal Template is CVN Permissible syllables V CV
What do you do with ‘baseball’ [beɪsbal]?

11. Japanese Syllables Maximal Template is CVN
Permissible syllables V CV
CVN
What do you do with ‘baseball’ [beɪsbal]?
Beɪsbal CVCCVC
Beisuboru CV.CV.CV.CV

12. Japanese Syllables Maximal Template is CVN
Permissible syllables V CV
CVN
What do you do with ‘baseball’ [beɪsbal]?
Beɪsbal CVCCVC
Beisuboru CV.CV.CV.CV
‘pint’ [paɪnt] CVNC
Painto CVN.CV

13. Tongan Syllables What does Groberg > Kolipoki tell you?
Tongan has no [g, b, r]
Groberg CCV.CVCC
Kolipoki CV.CV.CV

14. Obligatory Onset Parameter
Some languages allow syllables to not have onset V VC
VCC
Others require an onset CV
CCV
CVC
***V
***VC

15. How do you syllabify This works in most languages Maximize the onset
Put all possible consonants in onset

16. How do you syllabify This works in most languages Maximize the onset
Put all possible consonants in onset
What is possible?
What is allowed word initially

17. How do you syllabify Example ‘monster’ [manstɚ]
This works in most languages
Maximize the onset
Put all possible consonants in onset
What is possible?
What is allowed word initially
Example ‘monster’ [manstɚ]

18. How do you syllabify Example ‘monster’ [manstɚ]
This works in most languages
Maximize the onset
Put all possible consonants in onset
What is possible?
What is allowed word initially
Example ‘monster’ [manstɚ]
Maximize onset [ma.nstɚ]

19. How do you syllabify Example ‘monster’ [manstɚ]
This works in most languages
Maximize the onset
Put all possible consonants in onset
What is possible?
What is allowed word initially
Example ‘monster’ [manstɚ]
Maximize onset [ma.nstɚ]
[nst] not permissible so [man.stɚ]

20. How do you syllabify
Example ‘obstruct’

21. How do you syllabify
Example ‘obstruct’
Maximize onset o.bstruct

22. How do you syllabify Example ‘obstruct’ Maximize onset o.bstruct
[bstr] not permissible so ob.struct

23. How do you syllabify Example ‘obstruct’ Maximize onset o.bstruct
[bstr] not permissible so ob.struct
Why not obs.truct?
[tr] is legal onset
[tr] doesn’t maximize onset [str] does

24. How do you syllabify
Example ‘lollypop’

25. How do you syllabify
Example ‘unstable’

26. How do you syllabify
Example ‘Pepsi’

27. How do you syllabify
Example ‘Rhythmic’

28. Spanish
Words never begin with
***sp-
***sk-

29. Spanish
Words never begin with
***sp-
***sk-
***st-

30. Spanish Words never begin with How do you syllabify [inskrißo]? ***sp-
***st-
How do you syllabify [inskrißo]?

31. Spanish Words never begin with How do you syllabify [inskrißo]? ***sp-
***st-
How do you syllabify [inskrißo]?
Maximize onset [i.nskrißo]
Possible word initial clusters [ins.krißo]
[in.skrißo] violates possible word initial cluster [sk-]

32. Sharanahua
What are all the possible syllables?

33. Sharanahua
What are all the possible syllables?
V, CV, CCV, CCVC, CVV

34. Sharanahua What are all the possible syllables? What are [ts] and [ʧ]?
V, CV, CCV, CCVC, CVV
What are [ts] and [ʧ]?
How would it affect possible syllables?

35. Sharanahua What are all the possible syllables? What are [ts] and [ʧ]?
V, CV, CCV, CCVC, CVV
What are [ts] and [ʧ]?
How would it affect possible syllables?

36. Sharanahua What are all the possible syllables? What are [ts] and [ʧ]?
V, CV, CCV, CCVC, CVV
What are [ts] and [ʧ]?
How would it affect possible syllables?
Is there and obligatory onset?

37. English
Is there an obligatory onset in English?

38. English Is there an obligatory onset in English?
V- words like ‘about’ have initial glottal stop

39. Quichua
What is the maximal template?

40. Quichua
What is the maximal template?
CVC (V, CV, VC, CVC attested)

41. Quichua What is the maximal template? Is there an obligatory onset?
CVC (V, CV, VC, CVC attested)
Is there an obligatory onset?

42. Quichua What is the maximal template? Is there an obligatory onset?
CVC (V, CV, VC, CVC attested)
Is there an obligatory onset?
Discounting word initial, yes

43. Syllabification What is the effect of morpheme boundary
Question: What factors influence where syllables are divided?
What is the effect of morpheme boundary
rent+ing, out+age (vs. pontoon, attack)
types of boundaries
compound: playmate
transparent: prewar
opaque: zealous (vs. zeal, pronunciation difference)

44. Syllabification What is the effect of morpheme boundary
Question: What factors influence where syllables are divided?
What is the effect of morpheme boundary
blink+ing, out+age (vs. monkey, attack)
What is the effect of written geminates?
rabbit versus habit

45. Syllabification What is the effect of consonant legality?
Question: What factors influence where syllables are divided?
What is the effect of consonant legality?
No word ends in -pr, so a syllable can't either?
approve > *appr.ove, a.pprove

46. Syllabification What is the effect of consonant legality?
Question: What factors influence where syllables are divided?
What is the effect of consonant legality?
No word ends in -pr, so a syllable can't either?
approve > *appr.ove, a.pprove
Effect of vowel legality
Words don't end in lax vowels, how about syllables?
lax: finish > *fi.nish, fin.ish
tense: phoenix > phoe.nix or phoen.ix

47. Syllabification slash insertion How do you test it?
is habit ha / bit or hab / it?

48. Syllabification slash insertion
How do you test it?
slash insertion
is habit ha / bit or hab / it?
Problem: spelling doesn't reflect pronunciation
castle, cupboard

49. Syllabification slash insertion
How do you test it?
slash insertion
is habit ha / bit or hab / it?
Problem: spelling doesn't reflect pronunciation
castle, cupboard

50. Syllabification victim VI / KTUHM VIK / TUHM VIKT / UHM
Solution: show quasi-phonetic representation:
victim
VI / KTUHM
VIK / TUHM
VIKT / UHM

51. Syllabification 4990 words Online experiment
How many words can people do?

52. Syllabification 4990 words Online experiment
How many words can people do?
What about other dialects of English?

53. Syllabification 4990 words Online experiment
How many words can people do?
What about other dialects of English?
What about non-native speakers?

54. Syllabification 4990 words Online experiment
How many words can people do?
What about other dialects of English?
What about non-native speakers?
Could people sabotage the experiment?

55. What influences .C (vs. C.) syllabification?
Logodds # %
Obstruent (attack)
Nasal (anode)
Lateral (alloy)
Rhotic (arrow)
Legality of first vowel
Legal (follow)
Illegal (fallow)

56. What influences .C (vs. C.) syllabification?
Type of morphological boundary by boundary placement
Compound boundary before consonant (play+mate)
Transparent boundary before consonant (pre+war)
Opaque boundary before consonant (zeal+ous)
Morphologically simple (aloof)
Opaque boundary after consonant (foot+age)
Transparent boundary after consonant (fill+ing)
Compound boundary after consonant (with+out)

57. What influences .C (vs. C.) syllabification?
Stress
Final (attach)
Initial (attic)