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Theory

11.1 The syllable as an integral part of the word. Types of

syllables in English
Words can be cut up into units called syllables. Humans seem

to need syllables as a way of segmenting the stream of speech and

giving it a rhythm of strong and weak beats, as we hear in music.
Syllables exist only to make speech easier for the brain to process.

A word contains at least one syllable. The syllable is a basic unit

of speech studied on both the phonetic and phonological levels of
analysis. No matter how easy it can be for people and even for

children to count the number of syllables in a sequence in their
native language, still there are no universally agreed upon

phonetic definitions of what a syllable is. A syllable is a word or
part of a word that has one vowel sound.

The Six Syllable Types:

1. Closed syllable
2. Vowel-consonant-e syllable

3. Open syllable
4. Consonant-le syllable

5. R-controlled syllable
6. Vowel digraph syllable.

11.2 The syllable formation theories. Basic rules of
syllabification in English. Nature of word stress

There are different points of view on syllable formation
which aге briefly the following: The most ancient theory states

that there are as many syllablies in a word as there are vowels.
This theory is primitive and insufficient since it does not take into

consideration consonants which also can form syllables in some
languages, neither does it explain the boundary of syllables. The

expiratory theory states that there are as many syllables in a

word as there arc expiration pulses. The borderline between the

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