orthographic syllabification [was: Re: Moraic codas]

On Wed, 18 Jul 2001, Adrian Morgan wrote:

> John Cowan wrote:
>
> > No, there really are differences:  Am Can prod-uct vs. pro-duct
> > elsewhere.
>
> I'll side with pro-duct every time, in this case. A syllable should
> not end with an aspirated consonant. In most other cases I consider
> syllable assignment of lone consonants to be arbitrary.
?!!! I've read this numerous times now, and I still don't know
why aspirated consonants are invoked. The <d> in 'product' is
not aspirated. It only ends a syllable orthographically and not
phonologically (pace ambisyllabicity supporters), and then
apparently only in North America.

Dirk

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Dirk Elzinga                          dirk.elzinga@m.cc.utah.edu

"The strong craving for a simple formula
has been the undoing of linguists."               - Edward Sapir

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