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Re: Indication of non-syllabicity (WAS: Re: Celtica (WAS: Maggel))

From:Isaac Penzev <isaacp@...>
Date:Friday, June 18, 2004, 10:21
Andreas Johansson wrote:

<<<<<<
I, OT3H, don't like it - you'd have to scan the word to the end to see
if there
where a closing parantesis. Not to mention the possibility of words like
[ai(ts)na - is that two syllables, with a coda affricate in the second
one, or
three ones, with an optinal [ts] cluster in the middle?
>>>>>>
Yep yep. It seems you are right. Psychologically it is rather difficult for perception. Shall we revive '{' then? -- Yitzik