Re: USAGE: syllables
| From: | Henrik Theiling <theiling@...> |
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| Date: | Friday, June 13, 2003, 10:40 |
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Hi!
Dirk Elzinga <dirk_elzinga@...> writes:
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> (1) Syllables are typically introduced by consonants.
> (2) Sequences of consonants typically occur at the beginnings of
> syllables.
> (3) The sonority of consonants introducing a syllable should increase.
As I understood it, the Georgian word 'vprtskvni' is one syllable...
(Ok, ok, that's the standard, lame Georgian example. Sorry. :-) Still
interesting that it is one syllable. No vocalic 'r' for example.)
**Henrik
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