pleasantlooking
The word 'pleasant-looking' is divided into four syllables: pleas-ant-look-ing. Primary stress falls on 'pleas'. The word is morphologically complex, consisting of a prefix, root, and suffix. Syllabification follows standard English rules based on vowel-consonant patterns and stress assignment.
Definitions
- 1
Attractive or appealing in appearance.
“She was a pleasant-looking woman.”
“The house was pleasant-looking with its well-maintained garden.”
Stress pattern
Primary stress falls on the first syllable of 'pleasant' and secondary stress on the first syllable of 'looking'.
Syllables
pleas — Open syllable, vowel followed by consonant.. ant — Closed syllable, consonant cluster following a vowel.. look — Open syllable, vowel followed by consonant.. ing — Closed syllable, vowel followed by consonant cluster.
Word Parts
Onset Rule
Syllables begin with consonant clusters where permissible by English phonotactics.
Coda Rule
Syllables can end in consonant clusters, but are subject to phonotactic constraints.
Vowel Rule
Each syllable must contain a vowel sound.
Stress Rule
Stress typically falls on the first syllable of a word, or on a root syllable in compounds.
- Vowel reduction in unstressed syllables is common in GB English.
- The hyphenated nature of the word doesn't significantly alter syllabification.
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