「ネコ」も「cat」も2音節 : Government Phonologyの音節理論

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How many syllable does the word 'cat' consist of? The generally accepted answer is "one" . This is due to the assumption that a 'word-final' consonant is truly domain final and the 'final' consonant and the vowel immediately preceding it belong to the same syllable. Couched within the framework of Government Phonology, I argue that the generally accepted syllabic affiliation of the final consonant is ungrounded. Instead, I show that the so-called final consonant belongs to the onset of an independent syllable followed by an empty nucleus. As a result, the word 'cat' is analysed as containing two syllables (ca.tφ.), the second syllable consisting of [t] followed by an empty category.