Fonética

Homophones are words that sound the same but have diff spellings and meanings. Homographs are words which have diff pronunciation and meaning, but the same spelling. Consonant clusters is a group of consonants which have no internening vowel. BUMP m(prefinal) p(final) BONDS n(prefinal) d(final) s(postfinal) PLAY p(initial) l(postinitial). English syllable is a basic unic of speech, the vowel is the centre of nucleus of the syllable, a syllable is a basic unit of written and spoke language. It consist of an uninterrupted sound that cam be used to make up words. The minimal syllable is a vowel /a/ a vowel, /m/ /S/ the are considered syllable because they have a meaning. Most of the syllable shared structures.
/ b a: r / b - onset, r - coda

Onset: zero onset (the syllable starts with a vowel), one consonant, g.clusters (1,2,3). Coda: light syllable when the syllable finish with a vowel.

     S  

O      R

C     V C

Strong and weak syllables stressed syllable (strong), unstressed syllable (weak). In a strong syllable the peak is always a vowel or dip, trip. One of the marks of the weak syllable is the schwa.