The Forming Principles of English Syllabic Elements

This paper analyzes and compares SSP,licensing principle in GP,GP's complexity condition,IG in CVCV framework and the model of complex sound to see their explanation of the structure of English syllable onset clusters and coda clusters and shows that SSP conforms to English phonotactic preferences.SSP plays a good role in determining the well-formed two-member onset clusters and is more restrictive and simpler than them.CCVX model's proposal of coda taking one position and the proposal that /s/ and the following consonant are heterosypllablic in sC and sCC solve the problem of their violation of SSP.The tendency of languages to have clusters which have greater sonority distance,OCP,MSD,preference of easy articulation,and other preferences explain why those clusters that follow SSP are not allowed in English phonotactics.