touristinfested
The word 'tourist-infested' is divided into five syllables: tour-ist-in-fest-ed. The primary stress falls on 'fest'. It's morphologically composed of the root 'tourist' and the suffix 'infested'. Syllabification follows standard English vowel-consonant division rules.
Definitions
Stress pattern
Primary stress falls on the third syllable 'fest' (in-FEST-ed). The first and fourth syllables are unstressed, and the second and fifth are also unstressed.
Syllables
tour — Open syllable, vowel followed by consonant.. ist — Closed syllable, vowel followed by consonant cluster.. in — Closed syllable, vowel followed by consonant.. fest — Closed syllable, vowel followed by consonant cluster.. ed — Closed syllable, vowel followed by consonant.
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Vowel-Consonant Division
Syllables are typically divided after vowels, especially when followed by consonants.
Consonant Cluster Division
Consonant clusters are generally maintained within a syllable unless they are easily separable by a vowel sound.
- The compound nature of the word does not introduce significant exceptions to standard syllabification rules.
- Regional variations in vowel pronunciation (e.g., /ʊə/ vs. /uː/ in 'tourist') do not alter the core syllabic structure.
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