Syllable division rules for simple words and parts of compound words

vowel	intersyllabic sounds	boundary	examples	notes
I. Short stressed	a) single consonant	within the consonant	le ən rı m
b) consonant cluster	between the consonants	ek1|s2|t3|rə wın|dəυ rıŋ|kl	In case of intervocalic clusters we use the distributional criterion: the combination of consonants belongs to the following syllable, if such combinations are typical of English.
II. Short unstressed, long, diphthong	a) single consonant	before the consonant	melə|dı k :|nə leı|bl
b) consonant cluster	maximally close to the vowel	ə| dres ık| spektıd fα:|stə peı|trən

! The so-called thriphthongs in English are disyllabic combinations, because they contain two vowel phonemes: faı|ə.

Ex. 1 (from Test your pronunciation Unit 7, disc)

How many syllables?