Re: USAGE: syllables

--- Alexandre Lang <allexpro@...> wrote:
> I have a few questions to ask here:
>
> 1. Why is the vowel diagram shaped in a
> trapezoidal shape in the IPA
> chart?
It's just a graphical representation of the
vowels, roughly in their points of articulation.

> 2. could a language exist wihout syllabic
> rules, do syllables have to
> exist in a language?
Syllables are the domain of writers and
linguists. To be honest with you, until it became
important to break syllables properly (e.g., for
actual typewriter writing) I had no idea what a
syllable was.

Padraic.



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