The prague phological school

Two syllabic words

• Two syllabic words
• Cooler [koo-ler]
• 1. There are 6 letters in this word.
• 2. There are 5 sounds in this word.
• 3. There are 2 syllables in it.
• 4. The first syllable is stressed.
• 5. There are 2 vowel letters (o-soft, e- soft vowel).
• According to the horizontal movement of the tongue: o - front retracted vowel, o- mixed, e- front
• According to the vertical movement of the tongue: o - high-broad, o- mid-openi e-high-narrow
• According to the position of the lips: o- neutral position of lips, o -unrounded position, e- Unrounded
• According to the quantitative features: e- short vowel, diphtong,
• 6. There are 3 consonant letters: c, l, r
• c- post-alveolar, l, r – alveolar
• c - approximant, l, r– later approximant.
• 7. The second syllable is unstressed and the vowel y in unstressed position gives us sound [o]. It is soft reduction (or qualitative reduction type A).

Three or more syllabic words

• Three or more syllabic words
• Alternate [a:lternet]
• 1. There are 9 letters in this word.
• 2. There are 8 sounds in this word.
• 3. There are 3 syllables in it.
• 4. The second syllable is stressed.
• 5. There are 4 vowel sounds (a- hard vowel, e- soft vowel, a- hard vowel).
• According to the horizontal movement of the tongue: ə- mixed, ʌ- back-advanced, ɪ-front retracted
• According to the vertical movement of the tongue: ə- mid-open, ʌ- low-narrow, ɪ- high-broad
• According to the position of the lips: ə- neutral position of lips, ʌ- unrounded position, ɪ- unrounded position
• According to the quantitative features: ə- short vowel, monophthongs, ʌ- short vowel, ɪ- short, monophthongs.
• 6. There are 5 consonant letters: l, t, r, n, t
• l–Post-alveolar, t- alveolar, r- alveolar, n- velar, t- alveolar
• l -Approximant, t - plosive, r -lateral-approximant, n – plosive, t- nasal
• 7. In this word the first and third syllables is unstressed position. Because of soft vowel [e] gives the sound [ɪ], there will be soft reduction (or qualitative reduction Type A). Because of hard vowel a gives the soun [ə] there is hard reduction or qualitative reduction type B.