Syllable.
What does a syllable mean?
How can it be defined?
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A syllable could be described as a 'sound unit' of speech.
Words are units of speech. They can be broken down into smaller units of sounds, normally involving a vowel sound. It's not possible for any of those smaller sounds to be broken down any further.
For example, the word "syllable" itself can be broken down into three syllables: sil-uh-bhul.
An important part of being understood when speaking is placing the emphasis on the correct syllables. Often it is this, rather than vowel sounds, which will make it difficult for a speaker to be understood. In English, the emphasis is usually placed on the first or second syllable, rather than the penultimate or last (as it is in other lanuages).
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answered Sep 02 '11 at 21:32
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I understood but what if a person can't point out the sound of a word.
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answered Sep 03 '11 at 12:22
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I'm not sure what you mean by that. Syllables are usually (though not always) some sort of vowel sound, which is shaped by consonants before or after it. If you can't break the word up into different sounds then it's probably a one-syllable word. There are a lot of them. (Each one of those words is only one syllable.)
Thanks a lot sir.
add commentSir i want you to show me how to break this syllable in order that i would be able to point out stress in a given syllable. Thank you.
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answered Mar 29 '12 at 22:53
Ayyoob majidadi
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