Content
- Parts of the syllable
- Differences between phoneme and syllable
- Number of syllables within a word
- Types of syllables
- Hiatus
- Diphthong
- Examples of syllables
Thesyllable it is the emission of phonemes in the same phonic nucleus. It is the phonological division of a word.
The division of a word into syllables is important since it will depend on whether the word is acute, grave, esdrújula or sobreesdrújula.
Therefore, it is important to correctly separate a word into syllables and for this it is essential to take into account the diphthong and the hiatus.
Parts of the syllable
The syllable can be divided or divided into different parts: the syllabic attack, the syllabic nucleus and the syllabic coda.
- Syllabic attack. It precedes the nucleus.
- Syllabic nucleus. Point of greatest intensity within the syllable. It is always a vowel (whether or not it has an accent) and the most frequent are the vowels a, e, o. The vowels i, u (weak vowels) are more difficult to identify as a syllabic nucleus but can be so if they are not accompanied by a strong vowel (a, e, o).
- Syllabic Coda. It is the part that is behind the syllabic nucleus.
For example: The phonemes of the word "pan" are: p - a - n. The letter "p" in this word is the syllabic attack, the letter "a" is the syllabic nucleus and the letter "n" is the syllabic coda.
Let's see another example:Ctor – tandl
The word is divided into two syllables. Each of them contains a syllabic attack, a syllabic nucleus, and a syllabic coda.
The "c" and the "t" are syllabic attacks (differentiated in italics), "a" and "e" are syllabic nuclei (expressed in bold) while "r" and the "l”Are syllabic codas (differentiated with underline).
The word cartel is an unstressed acute word, so the stressed syllable (strong syllable) is “tel”.
Differences between phoneme and syllable
A phoneme is the minimum unit of language. A phoneme is not the same as a letter. The phoneme is the sound that articulates each letter. On the other hand, a set of phonemes (two or more of them) form a syllable.
Phoneme example: t - o - m - a - t - e. Each letter is articulated by a sound and that sound is known as a phoneme.
Number of syllables within a word
According to the number of parts or fragments that can be divided into words, they can be classified into:
- Monosyllabic words. It is not possible to divide them into syllables. The whole word is one syllable and is called monosyllabic. For example: sun, bread, more, be.
- Bisyllabic words. They can be divided into two syllables and that is why they are called bisyllabic (two syllables). For example: ca - ma, cuer - no, puen - te, tren - za
- Trisyllabic words. They can be fragmented or divided into three syllables. For example: pan - que - que, cua - dra - do, pe - la - do, ter - rre - no
- Tetrasyllabic words. They can be divided or divided into four parts or syllables. For example: tri - an - gu - lo, te - le - fo - no, pa - pe - le - ra, e - di - fi - cio
- Pentayllabic words. They can be divided into five syllables. For example: ma - te - ma- ti - cas, en - ci - clo - pe - dia, me- di - te - rrá - ne - o
- It can help you: Monosyllable words
Types of syllables
The syllables can be tonic (with or without accent) or unstressed (those on which the force of the voice does not fall).
Formation of stressed syllables
Syllables can be formed in different ways:
- Formation of a syllable by a single voiced vowel. For example: "air": a - é - re - o.
- Formation of a vowel with a consonant (also called simple or direct syllables). For example: em - ple - a - do.
- Formation of a syllable with more than one vowel and / or with more than one consonant. For example: good - no.
Hiatus
The hiatus is the separation of two contiguous vowels that form different syllables. It can be accented or not accented.
For example: a - é - re - o, ca - os, co - or - di - nar
- See more: Hiatus
Diphthong
The diphthong is the union of two weak vowels (i, u) or of a strong vowel (a, e, o) with a weak vowel (i, u).
In the diphthong, the contiguous vowels are found in the same syllable, unless the diphthong breaks or breaks.
For example: mue - la, pue - blo, rui– do
- See more: Diphthong
Examples of syllables
| A - li - ca - í - do | Case | Cheese |
| A - pu - ro | Frus - tra - tion | Delivery man |
| Ba - rrio | Fu - you - ro | Ri - what - za |
| Bank | He - chi - zo | Se - gui - dor |
| Bar - ba | Ho - ga - za | Sim - pa - ti - a |
| Brightness | Home | Sofa |
| Bur - bu - ha | In - worth - no | So - lem - ne |
| Hot | In - te - li - gen - cia | Cab |
| Ca - rre - ta | Ko - a - the | Tem - pa - no |
| House | Freedom | Tranquility |
| Song | Mon - ces | Trolley car |
| Fatigue | Mother | You - be - rí - a |
| Ce - rra - du - ra | Lie | One |
| Classic | Liar | Go - gon |
| Coward | Black | Courage |
| Co - ma - dre - ja | Boy | Saw - li - nis - ta |
| Dolphin | Os - tra | Ye - ma |
| Diamond | Pa - lo | Za - pa - to |
