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Re: orthographic syllabification [was: Re: Moraic codas]

From:David Peterson <digitalscream@...>
Date:Wednesday, July 18, 2001, 19:48
In a message dated 7/18/01 9:53:53 AM, jcowan@REUTERSHEALTH.COM writes:

<< Why doesn't the [d] in product belong to the first syllable,
O resident phonologist? >>

    I would say because a flap can't end a syllable in English, since the <d>
in "product" is most certainly realized as an alveolar flap.

-David