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**THE SYLLABLE**

 * The basic unit studied in phonetics and phonology. __Minimum syllable__ is a single vowel or sound that goes with no interuption of the airflow (considered as a vowel in isolation):**


 * 'are' 'or'**


 * __Onset syllables__ are the ones that are preceded by a consonatn before:**


 * 'bar' 'key' 'more'**


 * when we have a word beginning with a vowel it is called 'zero onset', and when a word begins with two consonants it is called 'consonant cluster' (including initial and preinitial consonant).**


 * 'smoke' 'sting'**


 * three initial consonants are called pre- initial, initial and post- initial consonants.**


 * __Coda syllable__:**


 * 'am' 'ougth' 'ease' (consonants that follow the nucleous)**


 * unset and coda:**


 * 'run' 'sat' '****fill'**


 * if there is no final consonant it's called zero coda, and there are also pre- final and post- final consonants.**


 * 'belt'**


 * STRONG AND WEAK SYLLABLES (STRESS)**


 * The differentiation aof strong and weak syllable comes with the stress of each syllable into a word:**


 * 'bottle' 'father'**


 * CLOSE AND OPEN VOWELS**

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 * 'easy' 'busy'**