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Anonymous Posted 20 years ago
Speech & Pronunciation

Syllable question

If you divide the word "plagiarize" it looks like this...

pla- open syllable

gia What kind of syllable is this and how did you decide? Is the i silent and only there to make the g soft? The a then would be a schwa? Or is the ia acting like a schwa?

gize - silent e syllable

Well, I am stumped, so I am hoping someone can tell me something about this example.

Thanks,

Dee
  

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The following transcription is taken from the Cambridge. As you see, "a" in the second syllable is a schwa. The syllabic structure is: CCV CV CVC (US).

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  • The following transcription is taken from the Cambridge.
  • As you see, "a" in the second syllable is a schwa.
  • The syllabic structure is: CCV CV CVC (US).
  • raIz/
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The following transcription is taken from the Cambridge. As you see, "a" in the second syllable is a schwa. The syllabic structure is: CCV CV CVC (US).

plagiarize, UK USUALLY plagiarise /"pleI.dZ@r.aIz/ US /-dZ@.raIz/
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"gia What kind of syllable is this and how did you decide? Is the i silent and only there to make the g soft? The a then would be a schwa? Or is the ia acting like a schwa?"

It sounds to me like you're trying to find exact phoneme-grapheme correspondences. That's not always the best thing to do, since English spelling is so unpredictable.
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Syllables have internal structure: they can be divided into parts. The parts are onset and rhyme; within the rhyme we find the nucleus (=sometimes called peak) and coda. Not all syllables have all parts; the smallest possible syllable contains a nucleus only. A syllable may or may not have an onset and a coda.

Take a look at this word "flap" for example:

fl.ap

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