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1. The first is constitutive function. It lies in its ability to be a part of a word itself. The syllables form language units of greater magnitude that is words, morphemes, and utterances. It this respect two things should be emphasized. First, the syllable is the unit within which the relations between distinctive features of phonemes and their acoustic correlates are revealed. Second, within a syllable (or syllables) prosodic characteristics of speech are realized, which form the stress pattern of a word and the intonation structure of an utterance. In sum, the syllable is a specific minimal structure of both segmental and suprasegmental features .
2.The other function is distinctive one. In this respect the syllable is characterized by its ability to differentiate words and word-forms. One minimal pare has been found in English to illustrate the word distinctive function in the syllabic: nitrate — night-rate. There analogical distinction between word combinations can be illustrated by many more examples: an aim - a name; an ice house - a nice house, etc. Sometimes the difference in syllable division may be the basic ground for differentiation in such pairs as I saw her rise.- I saw her eyes; I saw the meat — I saw them eat.
3. Identificatory - is conditioned by the pron-n of the speaker. The listener understands if he perceives the correct syllabic boundary – ‘syllabodisjuncture’: might rain – my train.
There are different points of view on syllable formation which are briefly the following:
The only theory current in linguistics and applied to English is the theory worked out by academician Shcherba L.V.[39.120] This theory was further developed by V.A Vasilyev[36.30-33] and applied to English words. V.A Vasilyev pays the prominent attention to the constructive elements of the syllable, to be more exact, to the consonant element of the syllable. Here he differentiates the following functions of the consonant: "strong-end consonant" — "weak-end consonant"

1. 
   word distinctive function:
   

a name - an aim
an ice house- a nice house

2. 
   phrase distinctive function:
   

a black tie- a blacked eye

3. 
   sentence distinctive function:
   

I saw the meat- I saw them eat
As stated above the syllabic structure, as a component of the phonetic system, consists of syllable formation and syllable division which are in close relationship to each other. All theories of the syllable have more often attempted to explain the syllable formation, but the problem of syllable division has not been thoroughly investigated, which is both theoretically and practically important in language description.
As stated above the syllabic structure, as a component of the phonetic system, consists of syllable formation and syllable division which are in close relationship to each other. All theories of the syllable have more often attempted to explain the syllable formation, but the problem of syllable division has not been thoroughly investigated, which is both theoretically and practically important in language description. Nevertheless, it is possible to formulate some general rules of syllable formation and syllable division in English.
Another characteristic feature of the syllable is the syllable division and it is phonologically distinctive in English . The position of the syllable boundary at the junction of words or morphemes, which are often accompanied by differences in length, pitch and rhythm can distinguish the meanings of words and word combinations. Such distinctive units are termed “junctures“ which may be of two types : open juncture ( + ) and close juncture ( - ). Thus, in a tall / / there is an open juncture between / ə / and / t / which may be contrasted to the closed juncture in at all / / in which / t / and / / are linked more loosely than in the previous case. There are other examples illustrating the difference in junctures; they’ d rest - they dressed, not the terrain - not that a rain, in to play - into play, some ice - some mice, its tips - it stips, that stop - that‘s top etc. The distinctive function of the open juncture is rather limited in English.
So far we have described some of the aspects of syllabic structure of English . As was mentioned earlier , the other aspect of the dialectical unity which characterized the speech continuum is syllable division . The linguistic importance of syllable division in different languages is in finding typology of syllables and syllabic structure of meaningful units of a language, that is morphemes and words[34.132]. It is the syllable division that determines the syllabic structure of the language, its syllabic typology.
It is easy to understand that syllabic structure of a language like its phonemic structure is patterned, which means that the sounds of language can be grouped into syllables according to certain rules. The part of phonetics that deals with this aspect of a language is called phonotactics. Phonotactic possibilities of a language determine the rules o syllable division.
The following examples may illustrate the phonological function of junctures in Uzbek and Russian: yettita kampir “seven old women“ - yettita kam bir “seven minutes to one“ (when (п) becomes voiced by the influence of ( m ) in “kampir“ (old woman), yotoq oldi “got the place in hostel“ - “yota qoldi“ “went to bed“ , к Ире “to Ira“ - Кире “to Kira“, Виталию “to Vitaly“ - В И талию “ to Italy “.
In pea stalks, an open ( i. e. before a pause ) juncture relates to / s / and close ( i . e . within a word ) juncture relates / s / to / t / , whereas in peace talks, close juncture relates /i:/ to / s / and open juncture / s / to / t / , with the relevant phonetic cues. If the two utterances were not distinguished in such terms, it would be necessary to postulate, for instance, an opposition between the full and reduced forms of / i: / and between the aspirated and unaspirated types of / t / , the latter is not a distinctive feature in English.
A. C. Gimson [29.124] and D. Jones [25.211] have given the following examples in which phonetics cues may mark word boundaries:
- a name ( relatively long ( n) , associated with stress onset and possible pitch change );