syllables - English Language Learners Stack Exchange Syllables are a unit of pronunciation so words are syllabified based on how they're pronounced Dictionaries follow different syllabification rules, for example, Cambridge English Dictionary syllabifies 'critical' as ˈkrɪt ɪ kəl and Merriam Webster syllabifies it as \ˈkri-ti-kəl\
Which one is the correct pronunciation of the word ‘cabin’? All those are the correct pronunciations except kab bɪn However, it's usually syllabified as ˈkab ɪn rather than kæ bɪn because English words don't usually end with the lax vowel æ (and ʊ ɪ ɛ ɒ etc), so the b is usually syllabified as the coda ('end') of the first syllable
american english - Pronunciation of the second k in excuse . . . Now excuse: it can either be syllabified as ɪk skjuːz or ɪks kjuːz , the first k in both the pronunciations is unaspirated If you think of it as being derived from the prefix ex- , then it can be analysed as ɪks kjuːz 2 , in which case the second [k] is aspirated: [ɪks kʰjuːz]
Pronunciation of kids - English Language Learners Stack Exchange But other linguists believe that empty syllable onsets occur more extensively in English phonology, which raises the possibility that sudsy and Hudson might be syllabified differently: suds y vs Hud son
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