Weak And Strong Syllables

[Unregistered]

Can Yu Please Give Me Some Differencies B/w Weak And Strong Syllables

 

[heidita]

In short: a weak syllable is an unstressed one, a strong syllable, the stressed syllable.

Impolite.

im= strong syllable

po= weak

lite= weak

 

[Buddhaheart]

In phonology, a heavy or strong syllable is considered to be with a branching rhyme, i.e. one that has a long vowel or diphthong nucleus or a vowel followed by a coda. The typical patterns are VV, CVV, CV+C, CVCC, CVVCC & CVVC. On the other hand, a weak or light syllable is one with no branching rhyme, i.e. one that has a short vowel with or without a consonant following. The typical patterns are V, CV & CVC. For example, ‘rain’ (/rewn/) and ‘see’ (/si+/) are heavy syllable; the 1st syllable of ‘reduce’ (/rw.0dju+s/) and the 2nd syllable of ‘father’ (/0fY+.ðcr/) are weak ones.

As heidita indicated, a heavy syllable is usually the one that gets stressed in a multi-syllable word, never a weak one. Some heavy syllable is unstressed in a multi-syllable word. For example, in ‘dialect’, the 3rd syllable is not stressed.

 

[rponamgi]

Actually, in "impolite":

im = secondary stress (so, I don't know if weak or strong)
po = weak syllable
lite = primary stress --> STRONG syllable

(I don't mean, by my correction, to be impolite or anything )

 

[heidita]

Hi pon, welcome to the forum

I am wondering....I have always pronounced and heard the word pronounced with the primary stress on the first sillable.

However, I have found this on the Mirriam webster:

\ˌim-pə-ˈlīt\ Or this on the oxford: impolite /'ɪmpə'laɪt/

Interesting as the dictionaries do not agree on the stress.