STRUCTURE, SYLLABLE DIVISION.

Syllable Structure in English.Minimally, a syllable consists of a vowel, or a vowel-like sound, which acts as the nucleus, centre, or peak of the syllable, e.g. I, OR, OH. Many syllables have one or more consonants preceding the nucleus. These make up the syllable onset, MI, SO, PLAY. Such syllables are called OPEN. Many syllables have one or more consonants following the nucleus. These make up the syllable coda: AM ANTS EEL. They are called CLOSED syllables. Many syllables have both an onset and a coda ; CAT, JUMP. If a word contains more than one syllable, each syllable will have the usual syllable parts: to. ma.to fun.da.men.tal The structure of FLAP is: Onset: /fl/ and Rhyme: /ǝp/, Nucleus /ǝ/, Coda /p/. The structure of SEA is; Onset: /s/, Rhyme/Nucleus /i;/
There are 23 syllable patterns in English such as V, VC, CVC, CCVC, CCVCC, CCCVCC, etc. The vowel may occur alone or may have up to 3 consonants before it and up to 4 consonants after it. The most frequent pattern in English CVC.

SYLLABLE DIVISIONMost speakers of English have no trouble dividing a word up into its component syllables. Sometimes how a particular word is divided might vary from one individual to another. English is full of cases where alternative analyses are possible. There are two syllables in EXTRA, but this word suggests such options as /e-kstrǝ/ /ek-strǝ/ /eks-trǝ/ /ekst-rǝ/, the 2^nd and 3^rd variants are usually preferred by people. There are two syllables in BOUNDARY, but is the division to be made between STAN- and -DING or STAND- and -ING? The former variant complies with a traditional CVC formula for syllables, the latter seems grammatically reasonable. Thus we have a choice of a division on phonetic grounds (after /n/ or on grammatical grounds (after /d/), preserving a semantic link with BOUND.

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