Phonological Study of Syllable Components and Peak Rules
Explore the concept of peak in phonology as defined by Roach (2002), along with phonotactic rules associated with syllable peaks, minimum syllable structures, and vowel placements. Learn about the characteristics of peaks, including vowels, consonants, and diphthongs, within syllables and monosyllabic words.
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Peak Roach (2002: 55) defines the peak as "a term used in the phonological study of the syllable it is now conventional to give names to its different components. The centre of the syllable is its peak; this is normally a vowel, but it is possible for a consonant to act as a peak instead".
The following phonotactic rules associated with the peak of the syllable are mentioned below: Any vowel (short vowels, long vowels or diphthongs) can occur as the peak of a syllable (Fromkin, Rodman and Hyams, 2010: 47). In certain cases, syllabic sounds, i.e., occur as the nucleus of a syllable (Wells and Colson, 2000: 22). No vowel or diphthong occurs before all consonants (Internet Ref. No. 3).
The minimum syllable that has the structure V can stand as a whole word (Roach, 2010: 67). The following long vowels and diphthongs can constitute monosyllabic words: a /eI/, are /a:/ (strong forms), or / :/, I /aI/, owe / /, ear /I / and air /e /. Additionally, some weak (reduced) forms of words might have a similar structure, for example he and she are pronounced as /i:/ (before a word that begins with a consonant) (Keshavarz, 2003: 60).
All vowels might occur at the beginning of the syllable except /u/ and /u / (Gimson, 1989: 243).
