SAUSSURE AND THE SYLLABLE

This article highlights the notion of syllable formulated by Saussure, systematically presented in the Principles of Phonology, chapter Appendix from the Course in General Linguistics. Although not often mentioned by those who are dedicated to study the Genevan master’s work, the theory about syllab...

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Autor: Leite, Ricardo Lopes
Formato: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2014
País:Brasil
Recursos:Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro (UERJ)
Repositorio:Matraga (Online)
Idioma:portugués
OAI Identifier:oai:ojs.www.e-publicacoes.uerj.br:article/17508
Acesso em linha:https://www.e-publicacoes.uerj.br/matraga/article/view/17508
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palavra-chave:syllables
phonology
function.
sílaba
fonologia
função.
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Resumo:This article highlights the notion of syllable formulated by Saussure, systematically presented in the Principles of Phonology, chapter Appendix from the Course in General Linguistics. Although not often mentioned by those who are dedicated to study the Genevan master’s work, the theory about syllable emphasizes the originality of Saussure’s reflection on phonology. A syllable is designed as a general principle, with abstract nature, taken to syntagmatic description of phonic units of the languages. The analysis benchmark of a syllable is sonority and its consequences: degrees of opening and closing, mechanisms of implosion / explosion and the functional pair sounding / consonant. With this, we want to show that syllable in Saussure is a theoretical category of functional nature, which goes beyond the field of phonology to inspire semiolinguistic thoughts by many of Saussure followers.