Syllable boundary
The boundary between two neighboring syllables is called a syllable boundary , syllable fugue or syllable junction . The syllable boundary marks the end of the first syllable and the beginning of the second syllable. The determination of the syllable boundaries is also known as syllable segmentation .
The syllable boundary is a phonetic phenomenon and is denoted by a point in the IPA . Syllable boundaries do not necessarily reflect with morpheme boundaries or the orthographic word separation agreement.
The syllable boundary results from the individual characteristics of the respective syllable:
- with an open syllable (empty coda) the border is after the vowel of the first syllable and before the syllable head of the following syllable.
- at a closed syllable defining syllable cut the border:
- in a closed, weakly cut syllable, the border is after the last consonant of the coda of the first syllable and before the syllable head of the following syllable.
- with a closed, strongly cut syllable, the limit lies in the syllable joint , i.e. in the ambisyllabic consonant.
Syllable border and stem in German
Because of the German hardening of the end of the syllable, there are no voiced sounds ( obstruents ) at the end of the syllable . The [b] in the word "behold" indicates that the syllable boundary cannot be behind it, but must be in front of it. This results at the same time as the stem boundary and consequently the prerequisite for a morphological analysis of the word.
At the beginning of a vowel- like trunk lies the prosthesis of a glottic closure . The Latin alphabet has it not a sign that Arabic script that Hamza , the IPA - phonetics the derived ˀ . Since this sound does not appear elsewhere in German standard pronunciation, it signals the beginning of the stem: deny [ˈapˀɛrkɛnən], acknowledge [ˈanˀɛrkɛnən], end [bəˈˀɛndən].
Where exactly is the syllable boundary?
Here is an overview of the exact syllable boundary in Trochaic German hereditary words :
| internuclear scenario | Word examples | Remarks | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| loud | in writing | Syllable boundary | Word separation | |
| 1 consonant | 1 consonant letter | Kna · be [ˈknaː.bə] | Boy | |
| 1 consonant | 2 or more consonant letters | either Wol·le [ˈvɔḷə] or Wo · lle [ˈvɔ.lə] Correspondingly: bag [ˈtaʃə], sure [ˈzɪçɐ], thing [ˈzaχə], tongue [ˈt͡sʊŋə] |
Wol-le Ta-Sche , sure , Sa-che , Zun-ge |
In the case of single consonant sounds after a short vowel, it is ambivalent whether the consonant belongs to the first or second syllable. In linguistics, two opposing positions are represented here. |
| 2 or more consonants | 1 or more consonant letters | rei · zen [ʀaɪ̯t͡sn̩] Lis · te [lɪs.tə] Kar · pfen [kaʁ.p͡fn̩] Lin · se [lɪn.zə] Ul · me [ʊl.mə] Ängs · te [ɛŋs.tə ] | rei-zen , Li-te , Karp-fen , Lin-se , Ul-me , Ängs th | All those consonants belong to the second syllable, which form a well-formed starting margin according to the sonority hierarchy : [p, t, k, b, d, g]> [f, v, s, z, ʃ, ç, x / χ, ʁ] > [m, n]> [l] |
See also
The symbol for syllable border in the IPA: there in the section Suprasegmentalia (at IPA)
literature
- Helmut Glück (Ed.), With the collaboration of Friederike Schmöe : Metzler Lexikon Sprache. 3rd, revised edition. Metzler, Stuttgart / Weimar 2005, ISBN 3-476-02056-8 (keyword: “syllable limit”).
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Ursula Enderle: Autonomy of the written language? On the theory of phonographic description categories using the example of German , Erich Schmidt Verlag Berlin 2005, ISBN 3-503-07926-2 , pp. 120, 237