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Article #3013Re: Definition of a minor syllable
From: Bob Cunningham
Date: Wed, 23 Oct 1996 00:00
Date: Wed, 23 Oct 1996 00:00
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misrael@scripps.edu (Mark Israel) said:
>Can anyone help with the following query?
>
>| What is a minor syllable? In braille writing, one is
>| allowed to use "short-cuts", or contractions, if the contraction
>| does not overlap a syllable break, UNLESS the syllable
>| is a minor syllable.
>|
>| For example, there is a contraction for the part-word
>| "and".
>|
>| The contraction and CAN be used in the word handle,
>| since (apparently) the syllable break han-dle is a minor
>| syllable break.
>|
>| Comments?
>
It seems likely to me that a minor syllable is one that would be
indicated in ASCII IPA with a consonant followed by a hyphen.
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