LOOK AT THIS QUESTION AGAIN.....
THE WORD ANTHROPOLOGY HAS... 5 SYLLABLES. THIS WORD HAS FIVE VOWELS AND ALL OF THEM ARE HEARD. THE NUMBER OF VOWEL SOUNDS=THE NUMBER OF SYLLABLES.
BE SURE TO COUNT VOWEL BLENDS (THE DIPHTHONGS:'OI','OY','OU','OW','AU', 'AW', AND 'OO') AS ONLY ONE VOWEL SOUND. FOR EXAMPLE, THE WORD 'OIL' HAS TWO VOWELS, BUT ONLY ONE SYLLABLE. 'BOILER' HAS THREE VOWELS BUT ONLY TWO SYLLABLES.