selfaffirmation
Self-affirmation is a five-syllable noun (self-af-fir-ma-tion) with primary stress on the third syllable. It's morphologically complex, derived from Old English and Latin roots and suffixes. Syllabification follows standard US English vowel-consonant patterns.
Definitions
- 1
The action or process of positively stating one's own good qualities or beliefs.
“Practicing daily self-affirmation can boost your confidence.”
“Her self-affirmation helped her overcome her fears.”
Stress pattern
Primary stress falls on the third syllable ('ma'). The first and fourth syllables have secondary stress, while the second and fifth are unstressed.
Syllables
self — Open syllable, vowel followed by consonant blend.. af — Closed syllable, vowel followed by consonant blend.. fir — Closed syllable, vowel followed by consonant.. ma — Open syllable, vowel following consonant.. tion — Closed syllable, consonant blend followed by vowel and consonant.
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Vowel-Consonant (VC)
Syllables ending in a vowel followed by a consonant are divided after the vowel.
Vowel-Consonant-Consonant (VCC)
Syllables ending in a vowel followed by two consonants are divided after the vowel.
Consonant-Vowel (CV)
Syllables beginning with a consonant followed by a vowel are divided after the consonant.
- Potential reduction of /fɜːr/ to /fr/ in rapid speech, but this does not alter the underlying syllabification.
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