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In article <1992Oct30.002351.11750@athena.cs.uga.edu>
mcovingt@aisun3.ai.uga.edu (Michael Covington) writes:
 
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>In article <Oct.29.12.47.57.1992.19393@pilot.njin.net> hubey@pilot.njin.net (Hubey) writes:
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>A syllable is a sonority peak.  That is, it is a local maximum of sonority.
>The middle of a syllable is surrounded by less sonorous sounds on both sides.
>Sonority is defined by the Aissen/Hankamer sonority hierarchy, which I
>dimly remember as like this:
>      Highest:  Vowels
>      Second:   Liquids (l, r)
>      Third:    Nasals (n, m)
>      Fourth:   Any other voiced continuant
>      Fifth:    Voiceless continuants
>      Bottom:   Stops
 
Let's see now, if I have this straight.
 
/k/ and /t/ are stops
 
/s/ is a voiceless continuant, which has higher sonority than stops
 
the word 'extra' /Ekstra/ thus consists of three syllables, having as
sonority peaks /E/, /s/ and /a/ (or schwa for the last if you pronounce
it so, or wedge if you prefer -- doesn't affect the number of syllables).
 
Good-o