Phonotactics 107 6e
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The most likely syllable divisions are these: lpan.sy (/.zi/) lskep.tic maglnol.ia (.jb/) /lqk.scˆhbn/ lsyn.theˆsis
ldoc.tor leth.nic lor.cheˆstra techlnique spaslmoˆdic
lsul.fur lhaˆtred kin.flulen.za hyplnoˆsis linlguiˆstics
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(a)
Sample words are given for the sequences which exist; a blank appears beside each non-occurring sequence. /-aip/ /-aib/ /-aif/ /-aiv/ /-aim/ /-ait/ /-aid/ /-aie/ /-ai2/
pipe tribe wife dive time kite side blithe
/-ail/ /-aia/ /-aih/ /-aid/ /-aik/ /-aig/ /-ais/ /-aiz/ /-ain/
file oblige like rice rise dine
/-aup/ /-aub/ /-auf/ /-auv/ /-aum/ /-aut/ /-aud/ /-aue/ /-au2/
out loud south mouth
/-aul/ /-aua/ /-auh/ /-aud/ /-auk/ /-aug/ /-aus/ /-auz/ /-aun/
howl couch gouge
mouse rouse clown
Some of the words given, such as oblige and blithe, may be the only examples of the particular sequence. (b) Only coronal consonants (apical and laminal) occur after /au/.
Notes Gimson (1980) contains a similar account of the clusters of consonants which occur in word-initial, -medial, and -final positions. A different approach is that of Trnka (1966), which examines the sequences that exist for each phoneme in combination with every other phoneme that may follow it or precede it.