Syllable boundary

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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:

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

Web links

Wiktionary: syllable boundary  - explanations of meanings, word origins, synonyms, translations

Individual evidence

  1. 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