plate, fate
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pan, fan
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car, barn
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Mary, care
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“e”
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[i:]
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[e]
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[ə:]
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[ɪə]
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me, convenience
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pen, led, bed
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stern, earnest
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near
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“i”
“y”
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[aɪ]
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[ɪ]
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[ə:]
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[aɪə]
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Kite, my
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pit, myth
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bird, myrtle
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hire
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“o”
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[ou]
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[]
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[: ]
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[:]
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no, nose
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pot, lot
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north, fork
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More
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“u”
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[ju:] r + l + u [u:]
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[]
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[ə:]
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[juə]
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student, stupid, blue, true
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cut, but, hut
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Burn
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pure, jury
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Inseparably connected with syllable formation is the second aspect of the syllabic structure of words, namely syllable division, or syllable separation, i.e. the division of words into syllables.
Syllable division is effected by an all – round increase in the force of utterance, including an increase in muscular tension and in the force of exhalation, or the on set of a fresh breath–pulse, at the beginning of a syllable. This can be illustrated by pronouncing the preposition without in two different, but equally correct ways, as far as syllable division is concerned, namely [wi'ðaut] and [wið'aut].
Most English form words, however have only one pronunciation as far as syllable division is concerned.
Thus, in the pronoun another, which, like the preposition without, consists of two morphemes, the first two syllables are always divided by the syllable boundary between the neutral vowel and the consonant [n], namely [ə'nðə]. The pronunciation of this word with the point of syllable division between the consonant [n] and the vowel [] [ən'ðə] would be wrong, although it would not be a phonological mistake.
Correct syllable division at the junction of words, however, may be of phonological importance in English, as wrong syllable division in this case may lead to the confusion of one word with another, or to a phonological mistake. For example, the sequence of the English speech–sounds [ə], [n], [eɪ], [m] pronounced with the point of syllable division between the neutral vowel [ə] and the consonant [n] means a name [ə'n eɪm], while the same sequence of sounds pronounced with the point of syllable division between the consonant [n] and the diphthong [eɪ] means an aim [ən'eɪm].
Compare also:
[ə'naɪs 'haus] a nice house
[ən 'aɪs 'haus] an ice house
[ɪ 's: ðə ˎmi:t] she saw the meat
[ɪ 's: ðəmˎi:t] she saw them eat
The division of English words into syllables is governed by the following principal rules:
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