Syllabification Processes deduced from Kurdish Phonology

Syllabification Processes deduced from Kurdish Phonology

Sherko Baban

Vowel Power Theory

In Vowel Power Theory, the vowel is, natively, a powerful syllabic phoneme (syllable-source), in phonetics because it is an inborn part from the mono-shape frame of a syllable, but in a defective state:
/V/= phoneme = hollow syllable = power source
Figure (0.1) illustrates the syllabic shape of a vowel phoneme,
containing the following cavities:
Head Empty CL /V/ TP Tail

Figure (0.1): The mono-shape of the vowels.
- The empty consonantal location CL is a defect in ...

Cotents

Abstract / 11
Summary / 12

Chapter one
Preliminaries in Vowel Power Theory / 16
1.1. Vowel Power / 18
1.2. Consonant and Vowel halves / 20
1.3. Duplex Sound Crystals / 23
1.4. Parent Phonemes / 26
1.5. Marginal Phonemes / 29
1.6. Classification of the Phonemes / 30
1.7. Consonant and Vowel / 30
1.8. Vowel and Gliding Vowel / 32
1.9. Parent Phoneme and Marginal Phoneme / 32
1.10. Tail Pocket and Head Pocket / 33
1-11. Intermediary Bridges / 34
1.12. Conclusion and Summary / 37

Chapter two
Defective Syllables / 40
2.1. Syllable Map / 41
2.2. Syllable Classification / 42
2.3. Advanced Classification / 43
2.4. Imperfect Syllables / 46
2.5. Defective Light Syllable QVo / 48
2.6. Defective Full Syllable QVc / 51
2.7. Defective Heavy Syllable QVcc / 53
2.8. Comparison / 55
2.9. Summary and Conclusion / 55

Chapter three
Normal Syllabification Processes / 58
3.1. Syllabification Power / 61
3.2. Speech Structure / 63
3.3. Convergence and Divergence / 66
3.4. Nodes and Boundaries / 69
3.5. Pronounce-ability of the Syllables / 71
3.6. Notions of Syllabification / 72
3.7. Duplicity / 73
3.8. Linearity / 78
3.9. Uni-directionality / 79
3.10. Summary and Conclusions / 81

Chapter four
Possible Head and Tail Contacts / 83
4.1. Vowel Head to Consonant Tail / 86
4.2. Vowel Head to Gliding Vowel Tail / 88
4.3. Vowel Head to Vowel Tail / 89
4.4. Gliding Vowel Head to Consonant Tail / 90
4.5. Gliding Vowel Head to. Gliding Vowel Tail / 91
4.6. Gliding Vowel Head to Vowel Tail / 94
4.7. Consonant Head to Consonant Tail / 95
4.8. Consonant Head to Gliding Vowel Tail / 97
4.9. Consonant Head to Vowel Tail / 97
4.10. Syllabification Processes / 97
4.11. Summary and Conclusions / 100

Chapter five
Re-syllabification Processes / 103
5. 1. Re-syllabification Theory / 103
5.2. Vowel Attack Priority / 110
5.3. Re-syllabification Queue / 113
5.4. Re-syllabification Direction / 119
5.5. Accession of the Semi-consonant -y- / 123
5.6. Vowel Power Rank / 124
5.7. Semi-vowel Power / 127
5.8. Comparison / 130
5.9. Summary and Conclusion / 132

Chapter six
A summary in Vowel Power Theory / 135
6.1. Abstract / 135
6.2. Basic Structure / 136
6.3. Vowel Power / 138
6.4. Vowels and Consonants / 140
6.5. Syllable Unit / 142
6.6. Syllable Typology / 144
6.7. Syllabic Dependency / 148
6.8. Language Forms / 149
6.9. Syllabification Processes / 151
6.10. Conclusions / 152

Selected References / 154
Appendixes / 156

SUMMARY

1. Syllabification Processes

In Vowel Power Theory, the vowel is, natively, a powerful syllabic phoneme (syllable-source), in phonetics because it is an inborn part from the mono-shape frame of a syllable, but in a defective state:
/V/= phoneme = hollow syllable = power source
Figure (0.1) illustrates the syllabic shape of a vowel phoneme,
containing the following cavities:
Head Empty CL /V/ TP Tail

Figure (0.1): The mono-shape of the vowels.
- The empty consonantal location CL is a defect in the syllabic frame because the vowel head is still active, and its defect is repaired, exclusively, by a future consonant, in order to spend its syllabic power, in forming a duplex sound crystal |C^V|. By virtue of this consonant C, the syllabic frame of the vowel gets its linguistic status:
/C/= Syllabify-able phoneme| by vowel power
- The empty tail pocket TP is not a defect in the syllabic frame because its charge is optional. By virtue of this pocket, the defective syllabic frame of the vowel could generate three defective syllables (QVo, QV c, QV cc).

In other words, each vowel is a (syllabic-phoneme), in two syllabic states:
(a). A defective syllabic state, when its head waits to be welded with a Ctail, in the consonantal location CL, as illustrated in figure (0.1).
(b) A perfect syllabic state, when the V-head is welded with a C-tail, in forming a duplex sound crystal, figure (0.2). This case is called normal syllabification, in three normal syllables (CVo, CVc, CVcc). Or, the syllabification power of the vowel is spent in a weld joint between a Vhead and a C-tail, for forming a duplex sound crystal. ICAVI, in the output. When a phonetic form is syllabified, it will be saved in the mind, and it will be used, freely, via the syllable control unit. For example the grammatical suffixes (-nessl eve, -lessl eve and -mentl cvcc) are not defective, and they do not need a re-syllabification process. Figure (0.3) illustrates the coinage of the suffix (-ment) in its perfect heavy syllable frame (CVcc).

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Sherko Baban

Syllabification and Resyllabification
Processes deduced from Kurdish Phonology

Vowel Power Theory 

Vowel Power Theory
Syllabification and Resyllabification
Processes deduced from Kurdish Phonology
Sherko Baban

Professor Sherko Baban
College of Engineering University of Salahaddin-Erbil

Erbil 2014

Syllabification and Re-syllabification Processes
Author: Sherko Baban, Professor, College of Engineering,
University of Salahaddin-Erbil, Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering,
France 1985

SBN 640/2014,
in National Library of Kurdistan Region / Iraq

Other publications by the author:
(28) Books and (189) articles (papers) in Kurdish Phonology,
Morphology and Syntax, in an engineering approach
as in the present work.

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