Strong and weak syllables

Only in English we find strong and weak syllables

• True

• False

Which is the first step to decide if a syllable is weak or strong?

• Knowing the difference between them

• Looking at stress

• Looking at transcription

• Knowing the similarity between them

Some ideas of weak syllables

• Unstressed

• Stressed

• Vowel tends to be shorter

• Vowel phonemes (or a triphthong) are the peak

Some ideas of strong syllables

• Unstressed

• Stressed

• Lower intensity

• Vowel phonemes (or a triphthong) are the peak

The optional final part of a syllable is

• Peak (nucleus)

• Coda

The vowel in the middle of a syllable is

• Peak (nucleus)

• Coda

All weak syllables contain ə ("schwa")

• True

• False

Choose the close front vowels

• i: i

• u: i:

• u: u

• i u:

The words used as contrast go from weak to strong

• True

• False

The "h" never sounds

• True

• False