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Article #34What is a syllable?
From: Matti Linnanvuori
Date: Fri, 30 Oct 1992 19:42
Date: Fri, 30 Oct 1992 19:42
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In <Oct.29.12.47.57.1992.19393@pilot.njin.net> hubey@pilot.njin.net (Hubey) writes: >What are the necessary and sufficient conditions for a string of >letters to constitute a syllable ? >Is the existence of a vowel a necessary condition ? Is it sufficient ? >Is there a consistent definition across languages ? In English e.g. a prefix or a suffix forms a syllable of its own. In written Finnish, only the letter clusters count. In Finnish, every syllable contains a vowel, a double vowel or diphthong. The adjacent vowels created by the deletion of 'k' do not form a diphthong. The consonants are assigned a syllable like this: V-CV, VC-CV, VCC-C. Because of these simple rules, syllabilization occurs in written Finnish much more often than in English. --
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Newsgroups: sci.lang Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!pmafire!news.dell.com!swrinde!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!wupost!darwin.sura.net!paladin.american.edu!news.univie.ac.at!hp4at!mcsun!news.funet.fi!ajk.tele.fi!funic!news.cs.hut.fi!zelda.cs.hut.fi!linnan From: linnan@zelda.cs.hut.fi (Matti Linnanvuori) Subject: What is a syllable? Message-ID: <1992Oct30.194213.17728@cs.hut.fi> Keywords: syllable Sender: usenet@cs.hut.fi (Uutis Ankka) Organization: Helsinki University of Technology, CS lab References: <Oct.29.12.47.57.1992.19393@pilot.njin.net> Date: Fri, 30 Oct 1992 19:42:13 GMT Lines: 17