Chapter 5 Phonological Overregularity 文体学课件.pptVIP

* Chapter 5 Phonological Overregularity Main topics: Part A: Phonemic Patterning Part B: Rhythmic Patterning Five types of Phonemic Patterning: alliteration, rhyme, assonance, consonance, and onomatopoeia. * Syllable and Related knowledge The repetition of an element in a stressed syllable form the Phonemic Patterning of a line or beyond a line The combination of stressed syllables and unstressed syllables forms the Rhythmic Patterning of a LINE within a poem. * A syllable in English is composed of one vowel or one diphthong as the necessary element, and some consonants as additional element. Syllable= C0-3 VC0-4 0-3 means that there can be no more than three consonants preposed the vowel or diphthong, as illustrated in strong, spring, etc. * 0-4 indicates that there can be no more than four consonants postposed the vowels or diphthong, as seen in sixths, twentieths, etc. The Repetition of the different element within a syllable can form different phonemic patterning. Syllable=C0-3 V C0-4 Alliteration Consonance Assonance or Semi-rhyme Rhyme narrow sense * A) Alliteration Definition: the repetition of the initial consonant cluster in stressed syllables. Two points needs mentioning: In English, a syllable consists of three parts: in initial consonant cluster, a vowel or diphthong and a final consonants cluster. Secondly, some students have misconception that it is the initial syllable of a word that carries the alliteration. It should be stressed that it is the main stressed syllable of a word which greatly carries the alliteration, not necessarily its initial syllable. * e.g. Long alliterates with unlovely Purpose: to convey the combination of sense and sound; to emphasize to these words; to form a connection of similarity or contrast. Example A tutor who tooted a flute Tried to tutor two tutors to toot Said the two to the tutor “Is it harder to toot or To tutor two tutors to toot?” * Functi