Nucleus (definition)

The Nucleus of a syllable is the vowel and any offglide that follows it. In the English word boys, the nucleus is oy ([ɔj]).

See Also

• Syllable (definition)
• Coda (definition)
• Rhyme (definition)
• Onset (definition)
• Mora (definition)

External Links

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• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Syllable

References

• Crystal, D. (2008) Dictionary of Linguistics and Phonetics. 6th Edition. Wiley-Blackwell.
• Matthews, P. H. (1997) The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Linguistics. Oxford: Oxford University Press.