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...erent [[syllable]]s, whereas a diphthong is pronounced as part of a single syllable. The term is originally from [[Greek (language)|Greek]], meaning "double so

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...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 311016274

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*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.'' Cambri

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...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 [[

...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 Gr

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...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 are

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...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 of

...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 was

...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 hexameter

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...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 "unstr

...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 311016274

...[[epic]] [[poetry]] relating to the [[dactylic hexameter]] in which a long syllable is substituted for two short syllables. It's the opposite of [[resolution (

...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 language

...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 begin

...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====

...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 [[co

.... 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, incl

...shonour'.<ref>Stress is indicated by [ ˈ ] immediately before the stressed syllable.</ref> Exceptions are often [[adverb]]s or [[loanwords]], such as ''amháin

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...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 of

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...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}}

...tters]], representing [[phoneme]]s, but they are arranged into groups of [[syllable]]s, so the [[written language]] incorporates elements of both an alphabet a

...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]]

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...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, and

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 cal

...shonour'.<ref>Stress is indicated by [ ˈ ] immediately before the stressed syllable.</ref> Exceptions are often [[adverb]]s or [[loanwords]], such as ''amháin

...'' (*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, cr

'''khàkì''', either syllable stressed '''[[Arthur Koestler|Köestler]]''', first syllable = BrE '''cürse

...gn]]s is used to write a language systematically (e.g. alphabetically or [[syllable|syllabically]]).

In yoga, special one-syllable mantras, called ''biij'' ("seed") mantras, are believed to activate or crea

...witched in a pair of two stressed [[syllables]] for a dactyl's single long syllable in an allowable substitution known as [[contraction (poetry)|contraction]].

...astive in certain positions; in [[German language|German]], for example, [[syllable]]- or [[word]]-final voiced obstruents are disallowed, and in English, the

...ref>Young-Scholten & Archibald (2000; contains a review of studies linking syllable production errors with written language processing).</ref>

...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 pattern

| '''[[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 th

...lly alphabetical; the first group have one-syllable names, followed by two-syllable, and then three. Exceptions tend to be the norm.

...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'

...[[phonology]] as a segment that cannot occupy the nucleus or 'peak' of a [[syllable]]. Consonants, then, are not just speech sounds, but abstract entities used

...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, a

...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 anothe

...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 [[Chinese

*Young-Scholten, M. & J. Archibald (2000). 'Second language syllable structure.' In J. Archibald (ed.) ''Second Language Acquisition and Linguis

...the town in France has the same spelling, but '''à''', and stressed second syllable: *Nàn-cỳ''' '''nécessary''': the stressed syllable is before the single consonant

...Donald Shankweiler, F. William Fischer and Bonnie Carter (1974). Explicit syllable and phoneme segmentation in the young child. ''Journal of Experimental Chi

...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]]

# the opening sacred syllable "Om", pronounced AUM.<ref>"Om" is the ''bij'', or seed, mantra for the thir

...'''[[Nigeria|Nigêria]]''' (*Nîjêria) and the river '''Nîger'''. Being a [[syllable-timed language]], French has no [[tonic accent]], so when a new French word

...sticks' or 'bridge'. The [[pitch]] contour of the [[voice]] over the two [[syllable]]s leads to different [[pronunciation]] in many varieties of Japanese, incl

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 r

...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 syllable

...epresents the [[mora (linguistics)|moras]] of Japanese (units similar to [[syllable]]s). These developed from [[Chinese characters|Chinese-derived characters]]

*Young-Scholten, M. & J. Archibald (2000). 'Second language syllable structure.' In J. Archibald (ed.) ''Second Language Acquisition and Linguis

'''en pássant''' *ompásson - last syllable nasalised '''eschêat''', '''s''' and '''ch''' pronounced separately: second syllable = '''chêat

...int'' = '''Jíll''' ''person''), '''gíddy, begín''', and beginning the last syllable in '''Háringèy''' = '''Hárringây'''.

In English, Polish '''w''' sounds like '''f''' at the end of a syllable: '''Szymanówski''' (*Shimmanóffsky), '''Zbígniew''' (-nyéff). But it re

...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.grovemus

...[[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]],

'''Milán''' ''city'', second syllable stressed '''Mìlán''' ''person, football'' *Mêelán, first syllable stressed: boy's name and, from [[Milanese language|Milanese]], can be used

'''décâde''' ''years'', first syllable stressed, cf. '''decâyed''' ''decay'', second, though some speakers rhyme '''doer''' ''do'' *dûwər, cf. '''doûr''' ''serious'', one syllable

* 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): ''dança

...ex ways to several important social and political ideas: It shares a first syllable (and common Greek origin) with [[anomie]], for example, and is theoreticall

...ables, alternating with five unstressed syllables and ending on a stressed syllable, giving the poem a regular and distinctive rhythm. McGonagall's lines never

'''òutlét''' first syllable stressed

cf. '''invèigh''', final syllable rhymes: '''convèy AmE, when stressed syllable does not come immediately before it, -'''ãry''' or -éry, cf. -'''ery''';

...ighlights Coward and [[Gertrude Lawrence]] as speakers of "fine UPR, every syllable is sounded but some letters (the main vowels) are clipped".<ref name="MB"/>

'''pāstime''' ''hobby'' one '''s''', one '''t''', one word, stress on first syllable, cf. '''pàss tîme''', even stress ...E verb'': in view of the pronunciation ('''í''', not î, and with the first syllable stressed: *práctíss, never "práctîze") AmE using only the -'''íce''' s

...stress can fall on the last, on the second-to-last or on the third-to-last syllable. Each grapheme has a quite easily predictable pronunciation.

...like "Faf-erd" but with a throaty [[aspirate]] associated with the second syllable:

...ted’ to the rest of the word, can be stressed equally with the other tonic syllable, as '''rê'''-, in verbs: '''rêcáp, rêdesîgn, rêdo, rêwrîte, rêplâ

...of ''t'' or ''d'' where these occur between vowels and in an unstressed [[syllable]] of North American English, e.g. ''city'' or ''butter''. This sound is kno

! Number of verses & syllable metres | 3 verses, 7+9 syllable metre

...n and its eastern dialects) /'a/ if there is a back vowel in the following syllable, and /e/ if there is a front vowel. For example, 'white' (sing. - plur.) so ...t) is pronounced {{IPA|/mɛnadʒ'mɛnt/}} with the stress falling on the last syllable.

...heŵ''' the '''s''' is pronounced separately fronm the '''ch''': the second syllable is identical to the word '''cheŵ'''.)

...rifîce, devîce, advîce''' but -'''íce''' usually in words of more than one syllable: '''pôultíce, crévíce, nótíce, láttíce, Véníce, hóspíce, órif�

...''' separates the '''i''' from the preceding '''ê''', making the '''í''' a syllable: *vê-í-kle – or as a schwa: *vêəkle, *víəkle. And in names like ''

...], [[Slovak language|Slovak]] or [[Czech language|Czech]], or even on each syllable, as in [[Vietnamese language|Vietnamese]] or [[Yoruba language|Yoruba]].

|'''pláteaux''' (*plátôz; in both, the second syllable is stressed in AmE)

...'' and a long ''a'' indifferently. There follows a listing of words of one syllable (68 total), two syllables (8 in number), three syllables (10), four syllabl

'''uu''' is very rare and can be pronounced as one syllable -yû-, as usually in '''vácûum''', or as two syllables -yû(w)ù-, as in

*Few or no [[syllable]]s closed by final consonants (e.g. English ''tin'');

...ller number of names: '''MácIlvoy, McEnroe'''. In the latter the stressed syllable is an invisible '''á''': *Máckənrô.

...(or a vowel-drenched '''r''' in [[American English|AmE]]), there is no new syllable: '''cān't, shān't, àren't, wëren't, dãren't'''.

...'eindklankverscherping''), meaning that voiced consonants cannot appear in syllable-final position. Thus, the word ''paard'' 'horse' is pronounced [pa:rt], wit

...ndomly generated series of syllables spoken in a variety of accents, a two-syllable pair that can be liberally interpreted as 'Satan' is very easy to generate.