A Comparative Analysis of Consonant Clusters in English and in Slovak

Authors

  • Renata Gregova P. J. Safarik University, Kosice, Slovakia

Keywords:

consonant clusters, onset, coda, tautosyllabic clusters, heterosyllabic clusters

Abstract

The paper presents the partial results of the research project verifying the proposed universal nature of the CVX theory of syllables. The character of the word-initial and the word-final clusters in English and Slovak indicates that while in English all onset and coda clusters form a complex sound or can be explained by morphology, in Slovak the number of possible word-initial and wordfinal clusters are much higher, their structure is more heterogeneous and it seems that only a few of them can be accounted for by morphology.

Author Biography

Renata Gregova, P. J. Safarik University, Kosice, Slovakia

Assistant lecturer at the Department of British and US Studies, Faculty of Arts

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Published

2010-11-16

Issue

Vol. 3(52)(2010)

Section

LANGUAGE AND LINGUISTICS STUDIES