FarhatAlam
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- Joined
- Mar 2, 2012
- Member Type
- Student or Learner
- Native Language
- Bengali; Bangla
- Home Country
- Bangladesh
- Current Location
- Bangladesh
I am having a hard time understanding what is a tonic syllable and an onset syllable. :roll: I missed the lecture at my University on this, and my friend who attended tried briefing it to me.
What I understood from her briefing is: a tonic syllable is the stressed syllable of the main word of a sentence. As in: She lives in London.
But I am not sure if it's a correct definition/example.:-?
About onset syllables, I have only the definition: The syllables that establish a pitch that stays constant up to the tonic syllable are called onset syllables, as in: She lives in London. but my friend said that "Lon" is tonic syllable and "don" is an onset syllables.
I don't speak English as my native language and neither did I study in an English medium school; may be that's why I am having a tough time understanding the definitions.:-(
I'd appreciate any sort of help regarding this, I have my final exam tomorrow and I feel helpless.
What I understood from her briefing is: a tonic syllable is the stressed syllable of the main word of a sentence. As in: She lives in London.
But I am not sure if it's a correct definition/example.:-?
About onset syllables, I have only the definition: The syllables that establish a pitch that stays constant up to the tonic syllable are called onset syllables, as in: She lives in London. but my friend said that "Lon" is tonic syllable and "don" is an onset syllables.
I don't speak English as my native language and neither did I study in an English medium school; may be that's why I am having a tough time understanding the definitions.:-(
I'd appreciate any sort of help regarding this, I have my final exam tomorrow and I feel helpless.