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http://dx.doi.org/10.31703/gssr.2020(V-I).31      10.31703/gssr.2020(V-I).31      Published : Mar 2020

Syllable Structure of Pakistani English in Phonological Theory

    This article describes the syllable of Pakistani English (PE. It compares the syllable of PE with British English, in the light of concepts of syllabic (Chomsky and Halle, 1968), syllabification, template, syllable pattern, model of syllable structure, phonotactics and syllable weight. In the end, the following differences in syllabic phonology of PE and British English are summarized: In phonotactic constraints, one difference is found that is in the syllable of PE cluster of three consonants i.e. /s/, /p or t or k/, /l or r/ is allowed only in monosyllabic words, whereas word internally this cluster is not permissible. So, [ek.sklIUd] becomes [eks.klIUd] in PE; the weight of the syllable in PE is not only based on the quality of vowel but also the quality of consonant; in PE every syllable must contain vowel as a nucleus.

    Pakistani English, Syllable Structure, Syllabification, Phonotactics, Syllable Weight, Syllabic
    (1) Umaima Kamran
    Assistant Professor, Department of English, Quaid-I-Azam University Islamabad, Pakistan.
    (2) Saira Maqbool
    Assistant Professor,Department of English Language and Applied Linguistics,Allama Iqbal Open University Islamabad, Pakistan.
    (3) Lubna Umar
    Lecturer, Department of English Language and Applied Linguistics,Allama Iqbal Open University Islamabad, Pakistan.