non-syllabic
non-syllabic — 形容詞
1. Describes a consonant or glide that does not form a separate syllable on its own
非音節的
不構成音節；與母音共處同一音節
Describes a consonant or glide that does not form a separate syllable on its own — instead it shares the same syllable with a neighbouring vowel or sits at the sound's edge without acting as its loudest, most prominent nucleus.
In 'stop', the /s/ and /t/ are non-syllabic because they share one syllable with /ɒ/.
在 'stop' 中，/s/ 和 /t/ 屬於非音節的輔音，因為它們與母音 /ɒ/ 共享一個音節。
non-syllabic in a consonant cluster
Shirin explained that the /w/ in 'swim' is a non-syllabic glide that accompanies the vowel /ɪ/ inside one syllable.
Shirin 解釋說，'swim' 中的 /w/ 是一個非音節的滑音，在一個音節內伴隨著母音 /ɪ/。
non-syllabic + glide accompanying a vowel
The /r/ at the end of 'car' is non-syllabic in American English — it does not form a separate syllable.
在美式英語中，'car' 結尾的 /r/ 是非音節的——它不會形成單獨的音節。
In the word 'fly', the /l/ is non-syllabic because it shares the same syllable as the vowel /aɪ/.
在單字 'fly' 中，/l/ 是非音節的，因為它與母音 /aɪ/ 共享同一個音節。
When Eri practises the word 'garden', she often lengthens the final /n/ but keeps the /d/ non-syllabic.
Eri 練習單字 'garden' 時，經常拉長結尾的 /n/，但保持 /d/ 為非音節的發音。
- non-syllabic consonant
a more specific term that names the speech sound when it is a consonant rather than a glide
- non-syllabic glide
used when the sound is a glide such as /w/ or /j/ that accompanies a vowel
- syllabic
describes a sound that does function as the nucleus of a syllable, such as the /l/ in the second syllable of 'bottle'
文法句型
non-syllabic + noun
be + non-syllabic
用法筆記
This is the broadest sense of the term. A non-syllabic sound always co-occurs with a vowel (or syllabic consonant) within the same syllable — the vowel carries the syllable's peak, and the surrounding consonants or glides are non-syllabic by virtue of not being that peak.
2. Describes a vowel-like sound in a syllable that has a weaker vowel character tha
次元音
元音顯著性較低
Describes a vowel-like sound in a syllable that has a weaker vowel character than the syllable's main vowel, typically occurring as the second part of a diphthong such as the /ɪ/ in /aɪ/.
In the diphthong /aɪ/, the /ɪ/ is the non-syllabic element because the /a/ carries more vocal weight.
在雙母音 /aɪ/ 中，/ɪ/ 是次元音元素，因為 /a/ 承載了更多的聲音重量。
Lara taught her students that the /ʊ/ sound in /əʊ/ is a non-syllabic glide with a weaker vowel quality than the opening /ə/.
Lara 教導她的學生，/əʊ/ 中的 /ʊ/ 是一個次元音滑音，其元音品質比開頭的 /ə/ 弱。
non-syllabic glide with weaker vowel quality
The /ə/ in the triphthong /aɪə/ can shift between syllabic and non-syllabic status depending on how fast the speaker talks.
在三重母音 /aɪə/ 中，/ə/ 可能在音節性與次元音之間切換，取決於說話者的語速。
Camille noticed that her pronunciation of 'fire' contains a non-syllabic /ə/ that merges smoothly into the final /r/.
Camille 發現她對 'fire' 的發音中有一個次元音的 /ə/，平順地與結尾的 /r/ 融合在一起。
- non-syllabic vowel
the same concept but explicitly naming the vowel quality
- glide
a closely related term describing a sound that moves toward or away from a vowel
- syllabic vowel
a vowel that functions as the nucleus of a syllable, e.g. the two /æ/ sounds in 'banana' stand as the core of their syllables
文法句型
non-syllabic + noun
be + non-syllabic
用法筆記
This sense applies almost exclusively to vowels and semivowels within diphthongs and triphthongs. The non-syllabic vowel or glide is often transcribed with a special diacritic (◌̑) underneath in narrow phonetic notation.