TY - JOUR T1 - Sonority Hierarchy Principle in cvcc Syllable of Persian TT - اصل سلسه مراتب رسایی در هجای cvcc در زبان فارسی JF - mdrsjrns JO - mdrsjrns VL - 13 IS - 1 UR - http://eijh.modares.ac.ir/article-27-3735-en.html Y1 - 2006 SP - 107 EP - 122 KW - Syllable KW - Coda KW - Nucleus KW - Sonority Sequencing Principle N2 - In Persian, the only syllable type with consonant clusters is cvcc, where its coda can be filled with two consonants. The present article attempts to find whether these two consonant conform the sonority sequencing principle or not. For this reason, the Persian words with cvcc syllable type are gathered from Persian dictionaries and are classified based on the vowel filling the nucleus of the syllables and the consonants in the first or second slot of the coda and the following results were obtained: a. Sonority sequencing principle is confirmed in clusters nuclei are /i,u,a/. b. Sonority sequencing principle is rejected in clusters with vowels /æ, e,o/. c. Based on sonority sequencing principle, vowels in Persian make up two natural classes namely / æ, e,o/ and /i,u,a/. M3 ER -