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- ...he study of the patterns of sounds and signs in [[language]]. Typically, a syllable consists of a [[vowel]] and at least one [[consonant]], though various comb ...gif|450px|right|thumb|Onset-Nucleus-Coda: one view of the structure of the syllable, showing the syllabification of three words in English, [[Japanese language18 KB (2,729 words) - 14:12, 18 February 2024
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- #REDIRECT [[Syllable#Syllable structure]]41 bytes (4 words) - 06:34, 19 August 2009
- ''Works cited in the [[Syllable]] article'' *Blevins, J. (1995). The syllable in phonological theory. In J.A. Goldsmith (ed.) ''The Handbook of Phonologi2 KB (314 words) - 09:43, 17 November 2010
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- Group of one or more consonants at the end of a syllable, e.g. [n] in ''pin'' or [lt] in ''belt''; while languages such as German or352 bytes (58 words) - 02:57, 7 February 2010
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- #REDIRECT [[Syllable#Syllable structure]]41 bytes (4 words) - 06:34, 19 August 2009
- ...e syllable(s) at the end of one line have the same or similar sound as the syllable(s) at the end of another.197 bytes (36 words) - 16:06, 1 February 2014
- ...encing which syllable in a word is stressed (as in English), or how long a syllable is relative to others (as in Japanese).337 bytes (55 words) - 02:24, 25 September 2009
- ...define how long a syllable or other unit is relative to others: the single syllable ''hon'' 'book' is underlain by two moras, one for ''ho'' and one for ''n'', ...e right receives main stress, i.e. [-mæn-]. [ɹə-], despite being the first syllable in the word, has only one mora in its rhyme and so is not stressed.2 KB (268 words) - 14:40, 20 June 2015
- *[[Syllable]]85 bytes (7 words) - 14:48, 27 December 2007
- A stressed syllable in poetry.66 bytes (8 words) - 07:14, 25 March 2010
- ...d syllable, then both the stressed syllable preceding it and the following syllable(s) should have the same sound. Different languages have different rules fo An '''eye-rhyme''' occurs when a syllable appears to have the same ending on paper, but actually sounds differently.2 KB (322 words) - 11:58, 24 October 2014
- ...for learners than the more obvious front-chaining, starting with the first syllable, as it requires them to put the new element first, where it is less easily ...t to another syllable.</ref> it is arguably better to begin with the final syllable (main stress in '''bold'''):2 KB (272 words) - 18:28, 27 December 2007
- Phonological and phonetic prominence of a syllable relative to other syllables, generally involving greater pitch, length or l170 bytes (21 words) - 02:10, 12 October 2009
- ...nsisting of ten syllables in groups of two with the accent on every second syllable.134 bytes (20 words) - 10:49, 24 July 2009
- ...''hiragana'' (ひらがな) and ''katakana'' (カタカナ); symbols represent moras, i.e. syllable-like units.196 bytes (21 words) - 02:19, 12 October 2009
- ''Works cited in the [[Syllable]] article'' *Blevins, J. (1995). The syllable in phonological theory. In J.A. Goldsmith (ed.) ''The Handbook of Phonologi2 KB (314 words) - 09:43, 17 November 2010
- {{rpl|Coda (syllable)}}170 bytes (24 words) - 06:27, 19 August 2009
- .... any phonological units or structure which organise segments, such as the syllable or phonological phrase.310 bytes (43 words) - 14:35, 20 June 2015
- ...ogical unit; subsequently built upon by other analyses that recognised the syllable and other units of prosodic organisation.300 bytes (44 words) - 08:16, 16 October 2011
- ...nd in phonology as a segment that cannot occupy the nucleus or 'peak' of a syllable.232 bytes (38 words) - 03:38, 7 August 2009
- ...n '''T'''erritory '''A'''erial '''S'''ervices'', *Kwóntus, *Qùantus, first syllable sounding like that of '''qùantity''' ...t''', '''sextét''', '''septét''', '''octét''', '''nonét''', all with final-syllable stress2 KB (342 words) - 21:16, 31 July 2017
- Group of one or more consonants at the end of a syllable, e.g. [n] in ''pin'' or [lt] in ''belt''; while languages such as German or352 bytes (58 words) - 02:57, 7 February 2010
- ..., [[Laniarius aethiopicus]], along with a [[spectrogram]] of the initial [[syllable]]s of their duet.}}363 bytes (49 words) - 16:47, 21 October 2010
- {{r|Syllable}}250 bytes (31 words) - 23:08, 11 July 2009
- ...erent [[syllable]]s, whereas a diphthong is pronounced as part of a single syllable. The term is originally from [[Greek (language)|Greek]], meaning "double so2 KB (230 words) - 15:13, 15 November 2013
- {{r|Syllable}}355 bytes (41 words) - 07:01, 22 December 2008
- ...Syllables and phonotactics in Irish. In van der Hulst H & Ritter NA ''The syllable: Views and Facts''. Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter. pp.551–575. ISBN 311016274444 bytes (58 words) - 00:45, 26 February 2009
- {{r|Syllable}}352 bytes (45 words) - 01:05, 4 March 2009
- {{r|Syllable}}376 bytes (42 words) - 14:39, 20 June 2015
- *Hooper JB (1972) 'The syllable in phonological theory.' ''Language'' 48: 525-540. *Selkirk EO (1984) On the major class features and syllable theory. In Aronoff M & Oerhle RT (eds) ''Language Sound Structure.'' Cambri1 KB (191 words) - 19:19, 27 December 2008
- {{r|Syllable}}152 bytes (16 words) - 11:57, 24 October 2014
- {{r|Syllable}}210 bytes (23 words) - 14:40, 20 June 2015
- {{r|Syllable}}426 bytes (50 words) - 23:28, 25 July 2009
- {{r|Syllable}}423 bytes (50 words) - 23:30, 25 July 2009
- ...ing ''y'', so they should not be pronounced as though they are in the same syllable, as they would be in [[English language|English]].</ref>, is a region of [[2 KB (270 words) - 10:08, 28 February 2024
- ...like putting a foot (or [[meter (poetry)|meter]]) down, and it's the long syllable in the first half of the foot. The opposite is [[arsis]] which means (in Gr504 bytes (82 words) - 20:41, 31 March 2010
- {{r|Syllable}}642 bytes (90 words) - 01:26, 23 February 2010
- {{r|Syllable}}436 bytes (56 words) - 21:43, 11 January 2010
- ...consists of ten syllables in groups of two with the accent on every second syllable. As with other meters, each group of syllables is called a foot. There are600 bytes (100 words) - 11:03, 24 July 2009
- {{r|Syllable}}579 bytes (77 words) - 07:53, 2 March 2024
- {{r|Syllable}}620 bytes (82 words) - 17:19, 11 January 2010
- {{r|Syllable}}648 bytes (82 words) - 16:48, 11 January 2010
- {{r|Syllable}}774 bytes (98 words) - 20:22, 11 January 2010
- ...s beyond differences between individual sounds, involving topics such as [[syllable]] structure, [[stress (linguistics)|stress]], [[accent (linguistics)|accent ...not occur after [s] within syllables, but some speakers do have aspiration syllable-finally. Aspiration can be observed by holding a piece of paper in front of8 KB (1,140 words) - 00:31, 3 September 2010
- ...the end of a line of verse. The similarity would be in the final accented syllable, and, if there were unstressed syllables following, in those also. It was722 bytes (122 words) - 11:22, 8 September 2020
- ...language)|Latin]], anceps means ''two-headed'', and an anceps is the final syllable in a hexameter verse which can be either long or short. Dactylic hexameter683 bytes (107 words) - 08:38, 10 December 2011
- {{r|Syllable}}885 bytes (110 words) - 14:58, 9 March 2024
- ...the dominant system is the accentual-syllabic (which takes both stress and syllable count into account), many English-language poets have used syllabic metre ( A foot consists of one stressed syllable and either one or two unstressed, in a specific pattern; the pattern "unstr11 KB (1,768 words) - 09:45, 5 September 2013
- ...lables and phonotactics in Irish'. In H. van der Hulst & N.A. Ritter ''The Syllable: Views and Facts''. Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter. pp.551–575. ISBN 311016274961 bytes (132 words) - 01:59, 26 February 2009
- ...[[epic]] [[poetry]] relating to the [[dactylic hexameter]] in which a long syllable is substituted for two short syllables. It's the opposite of [[resolution (970 bytes (142 words) - 21:29, 30 March 2010
- ...he study of the patterns of sounds and signs in [[language]]. Typically, a syllable consists of a [[vowel]] and at least one [[consonant]], though various comb ...gif|450px|right|thumb|Onset-Nucleus-Coda: one view of the structure of the syllable, showing the syllabification of three words in English, [[Japanese language18 KB (2,729 words) - 14:12, 18 February 2024
- ...by the practice of omitting certain syllables during [[scansion]]. A final syllable ending in a vowel (or the letter -m) is normally elided before a word begin1 KB (165 words) - 05:13, 31 March 2010
- ...istics)|pitch]] are all that is necessary to distinguish one [[word]] or [[syllable]] from another in meaning, as well as the more familiar distinctions made t ====Syllable structure====8 KB (1,133 words) - 10:08, 28 February 2024
- ...eration is the literary device of having two closely associated stressed [[syllable]]s, normally at the beginning of a word, starting either with the same [[co1 KB (193 words) - 16:42, 24 February 2015
- .... A [[syllabary]], for example, assigns a [[symbol]] to each significant [[syllable]] of the language, while an [[alphabet]] records individual ''[[phoneme]]s' ...sticks' or 'bridge'. The [[pitch]] contour of the [[voice]] over the two [[syllable]]s leads to different [[pronunciation]] in many varieties of Japanese, incl3 KB (498 words) - 13:48, 18 February 2024
- ...shonour'.<ref>Stress is indicated by [ ˈ ] immediately before the stressed syllable.</ref> Exceptions are often [[adverb]]s or [[loanwords]], such as ''amháin3 KB (437 words) - 00:44, 26 February 2009
- {{r|Syllable}}1 KB (190 words) - 15:04, 9 March 2024
- ...her than a unit of higher [[prosofdy|prosodic]] analysis. This view of the syllable largely did not survive subsequent research, but Chomsky and Halle's use of3 KB (498 words) - 00:28, 20 February 2009
- ===The syllable===5 KB (773 words) - 05:01, 11 March 2010
- ...tion is only optionally included. Most Chinese characters represent both a syllable and a morpheme, and thus the characters used to write languages such as [[M {{seealso|Syllable|Mora|Chinese characters}}8 KB (1,142 words) - 13:48, 18 February 2024
- ...tters]], representing [[phoneme]]s, but they are arranged into groups of [[syllable]]s, so the [[written language]] incorporates elements of both an alphabet a2 KB (217 words) - 22:31, 12 November 2011
- ...age|English]] word ''let'') and the stress, which is always on the first [[syllable]]. The [[alphabet]] contains 44 letters: 14 [[vowel]]s and 26 [[consonant]]1 KB (227 words) - 06:28, 16 October 2008
- {{r|Syllable}}2 KB (277 words) - 16:52, 11 January 2010
- ...distribution in English (e.g. in [[British English]] they can form single-syllable words: 'are', 'or'). ...f one vowel towards another, forming a continuous articulation in a single syllable; they do ''not'' consist of two vowels articulated one after the other, and4 KB (728 words) - 19:44, 25 November 2009
- In [[linguistics]], two units of [[language]] such as a [[word]]s or [[syllable]]s that differ in only one component, such as a single [[phoneme]], are cal2 KB (270 words) - 10:54, 26 September 2016
- ...shonour'.<ref>Stress is indicated by [ ˈ ] immediately before the stressed syllable.</ref> Exceptions are often [[adverb]]s or [[loanwords]], such as ''amháin4 KB (656 words) - 09:43, 30 December 2011
- ...'' (*cùd, shùd) and '''woùld''' (= '''woòd''' ''tree'') and in the end-of-syllable combinations -'''àlm''', -'''ālf''': '''cālf, hālf, càlm, bàlm, quàl ...y, lîght, clínk, líp, allót, flíp, alône, slêek'''. Dark '''l''' (ending a syllable): '''ålways, stíll, élse, ålso, dóll, fåll, ålter, fåult, píll, cr6 KB (1,087 words) - 12:21, 4 September 2014
- '''khàkì''', either syllable stressed '''[[Arthur Koestler|Köestler]]''', first syllable = BrE '''cürse5 KB (777 words) - 08:06, 30 August 2017
- ...gn]]s is used to write a language systematically (e.g. alphabetically or [[syllable|syllabically]]).2 KB (341 words) - 23:44, 5 June 2009
- In yoga, special one-syllable mantras, called ''biij'' ("seed") mantras, are believed to activate or crea2 KB (321 words) - 06:38, 7 June 2023
- ...witched in a pair of two stressed [[syllables]] for a dactyl's single long syllable in an allowable substitution known as [[contraction (poetry)|contraction]].2 KB (349 words) - 10:46, 1 April 2010
- ...astive in certain positions; in [[German language|German]], for example, [[syllable]]- or [[word]]-final voiced obstruents are disallowed, and in English, the2 KB (348 words) - 06:55, 22 December 2008
- ...ref>Young-Scholten & Archibald (2000; contains a review of studies linking syllable production errors with written language processing).</ref>6 KB (891 words) - 19:58, 19 October 2011
- ...ntains five pairs of syllables, each of which contains first an unstressed syllable and then a stressed one (though most lines actually vary from this pattern2 KB (392 words) - 16:13, 19 October 2010
- | '''[[gu]]''' at syllable ending ||[ɣu~gu]<br>(variation depending on the previous phoneme) ||[ɣu] The [[stress]] may fall on the last syllable, on the last but one syllable or on the antepenult. The way a word is spelled permits to predict where th14 KB (2,084 words) - 12:13, 13 March 2024
- ...lly alphabetical; the first group have one-syllable names, followed by two-syllable, and then three. Exceptions tend to be the norm.6 KB (936 words) - 09:01, 9 August 2023
- ...n the [[polytonic orthography]] of [[Ancient Greek]], where it indicated a syllable with a high [[pitch accent|pitch]]. Modern Greek has a [[stress (linguistic * Modern [[Greek]], where it marks the stressed vowel of every [[syllable|polysyllabic]] word: ''ά'' [a], ''έ'' [ɛ], ''ή'' [i], ''ί'' [i], ''ύ'16 KB (2,527 words) - 16:33, 14 February 2014
- ...[[phonology]] as a segment that cannot occupy the nucleus or 'peak' of a [[syllable]]. Consonants, then, are not just speech sounds, but abstract entities used3 KB (444 words) - 03:31, 7 August 2009
- ...on, pŷthon, sŷphon, decrŷ, supplŷ, applŷ''', and in words of more than one syllable: '''beaûtifŷ, dèifŷ, crûcifŷ, mágnifŷ''', [[British English|BrE]] ' ...ost common use of '''y''' as a vowel: at the end of words of more than one syllable, it is an unstressed and short '''ê''': '''fúnnỳ, síllỳ, jéllỳ, a6 KB (1,096 words) - 10:09, 19 December 2016
- ...es), and [[syllable|syllabic]], in that most characters represent a single syllable, an abstract unit of [[phonology]].<ref>DeFrancis (1984: 187).</ref> Charac ...epresents the [[mora (linguistics)|moras]] of Japanese (units similar to [[syllable]]s). Other words, particularly grammatical particles, are written in anothe9 KB (1,367 words) - 10:12, 28 February 2024
- ...ing' (pronunciation) of the character, and each character represents one [[syllable]].<ref>DeFrancis (1984: 181, 187).</ref> For example, Mandarin 机 'machine ...ssion that Chinese varieties are 'monosyllabic' (i.e. words consist of one syllable); furthermore, the notion of a 'word' was not widely employed in [[Chinese12 KB (1,783 words) - 10:12, 28 February 2024
- *Young-Scholten, M. & J. Archibald (2000). 'Second language syllable structure.' In J. Archibald (ed.) ''Second Language Acquisition and Linguis3 KB (365 words) - 03:26, 23 October 2009
- ...the town in France has the same spelling, but '''à''', and stressed second syllable: *Nàn-cỳ''' '''nécessary''': the stressed syllable is before the single consonant9 KB (1,447 words) - 19:45, 23 June 2017
- ...Donald Shankweiler, F. William Fischer and Bonnie Carter (1974). Explicit syllable and phoneme segmentation in the young child. ''Journal of Experimental Chi3 KB (447 words) - 05:59, 15 October 2013
- ...h sounds, but abstract entities used to build up larger structures, e.g. [[syllable]]s, within an utterance; they can therefore appear in [[written language]]9 KB (1,366 words) - 08:10, 4 September 2010
- # the opening sacred syllable "Om", pronounced AUM.<ref>"Om" is the ''bij'', or seed, mantra for the thir3 KB (576 words) - 12:21, 21 February 2024
- ...'''[[Nigeria|Nigêria]]''' (*Nîjêria) and the river '''Nîger'''. Being a [[syllable-timed language]], French has no [[tonic accent]], so when a new French word4 KB (611 words) - 12:24, 6 May 2017
- ...sticks' or 'bridge'. The [[pitch]] contour of the [[voice]] over the two [[syllable]]s leads to different [[pronunciation]] in many varieties of Japanese, incl4 KB (631 words) - 15:04, 9 March 2024
- The first syllable of the name ''Arne'' (ger.: [ˈaʁnə], dan.: [ˈɑʶnə], engl. often: [æ ...]] translation ''veldu''.</ref> The Proto-Indo-European root of the second syllable is said to be ''*wal-d(h)-'' from the base ''*wal-'' ("to be strong", "to r11 KB (1,521 words) - 10:55, 9 September 2009
- ...on''', silent '''r''' (the cricketer '''[[Ian Botham|Ìan Bôtham]]'''—first syllable as '''bôth'''—was pronounced by some as "Îron Bóttom") ...unciation, though some say Íss- and/or -'''àm''', and/or stress the second syllable9 KB (1,336 words) - 11:16, 25 June 2017
- ...epresents the [[mora (linguistics)|moras]] of Japanese (units similar to [[syllable]]s). These developed from [[Chinese characters|Chinese-derived characters]]5 KB (674 words) - 21:27, 11 January 2013
- *Young-Scholten, M. & J. Archibald (2000). 'Second language syllable structure.' In J. Archibald (ed.) ''Second Language Acquisition and Linguis4 KB (607 words) - 01:12, 17 March 2010
- '''en pássant''' *ompásson - last syllable nasalised '''eschêat''', '''s''' and '''ch''' pronounced separately: second syllable = '''chêat13 KB (1,982 words) - 15:39, 24 June 2017
- ...int'' = '''Jíll''' ''person''), '''gíddy, begín''', and beginning the last syllable in '''Háringèy''' = '''Hárringây'''.5 KB (869 words) - 12:40, 16 January 2017
- In English, Polish '''w''' sounds like '''f''' at the end of a syllable: '''Szymanówski''' (*Shimmanóffsky), '''Zbígniew''' (-nyéff). But it re6 KB (969 words) - 15:22, 23 January 2015
- ...from [[poetry]] where it refers to one or more unstressed extrametrical [[syllable]]s at the beginning of a line.<ref>{{cite web|title=Upbeat|url=www.grovemus7 KB (1,130 words) - 01:23, 23 February 2010
- ...[[katakana]]'' (カタカナ) write [[mora]]s, equivalent to but not the same as [[syllable]]s, and to a degree can indicate [[pronunciation]]. The [[Roman alphabet]],6 KB (925 words) - 00:05, 12 January 2013
- '''Milán''' ''city'', second syllable stressed '''Mìlán''' ''person, football'' *Mêelán, first syllable stressed: boy's name and, from [[Milanese language|Milanese]], can be used21 KB (3,209 words) - 08:09, 5 September 2017
- '''décâde''' ''years'', first syllable stressed, cf. '''decâyed''' ''decay'', second, though some speakers rhyme '''doer''' ''do'' *dûwər, cf. '''doûr''' ''serious'', one syllable16 KB (2,467 words) - 14:34, 26 July 2017
- * In Lemosin Occitan, a vowel followed by ''s'', at the end of a syllable, produces long vowels or diphthongs, in a lot of words: '''as''' [aː], ''' ...ch as ''n, m'' can nasalize more or less a previous vowel, at the end of a syllable, in some dialects (Lemosin, Auvernhat, Vivaro-Alpine, Provençal): ''dança29 KB (4,284 words) - 10:58, 19 August 2022
- ...ex ways to several important social and political ideas: It shares a first syllable (and common Greek origin) with [[anomie]], for example, and is theoreticall7 KB (1,051 words) - 18:31, 13 March 2024
- ...ables, alternating with five unstressed syllables and ending on a stressed syllable, giving the poem a regular and distinctive rhythm. McGonagall's lines never7 KB (1,106 words) - 08:53, 29 February 2024
- '''òutlét''' first syllable stressed7 KB (1,129 words) - 21:26, 26 June 2017
- cf. '''invèigh''', final syllable rhymes: '''convèy AmE, when stressed syllable does not come immediately before it, -'''ãry''' or -éry, cf. -'''ery''';14 KB (2,212 words) - 12:26, 5 July 2017