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Article #49Re: What is a syllable?
From: miner
Date: Sun, 01 Nov 1992 01:40
Date: Sun, 01 Nov 1992 01:40
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In article <Bx06FF.Lx0@nic.umass.edu>, zgilbert@titan.ucc.umass.edu (Zvi Gilbert) writes:
[discussion of sonority hierarchy, etc.]
> are other problems to, like "table" in French: one syllable [tabl], but two
> sonority peaks [a] and [l]).
A minor quibble, with a theoretical point: since the [l] is voiceless
phonetically (is it not?), how can it constitute a sonority peak?
Are we assuming that the voicing property of the /l/
in /tabl/ is not present at the point where syllabification occurs,
but its sonority is? Or are French words ending in (phonetically)
voiceless liquids not amenable to this kind of treatment?
[summary of evidence for the syllable]
Excellent!
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