>What??!! Now *I'm* completely confused. How is the /r/ in <karm> syllabic,
>if the word is syllabified [kar.m]? Do we have the same meaning for
>"syllabic" here.
Actually, we do have the same definition (though you certainly wouldn't
know it from my message.) I was just not on the same wavelength as Mark to
begin with and I messed it up further by typing /r/ when I meant /m/.
> I have always understood syllabic to mean "functioning as
>the nucleus of a syllable." Thus, <karm> has two syllabic segments: /a/
>and /m/. The /r/ is *syllabified* as a *coda*, but it isn't *syllabic*,
>unless I've completely misunderstood you.
No, (sigh) you have understood me completely. You were just the victim of
a very, very infelicitous typo.
> > (Is this all as clear as mud now?)
>
>Quite.
...to be sure. I hope it's a bit clearer now. Please accept my
apologies. I'll try not to be so very stupid next time I write something.
Isidora