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Re: USAGE: syllables

From:Alexandre Lang <allexpro@...>
Date:Monday, February 2, 2004, 4:23
On Sun, 1 Feb 2004 21:54:20 -0600, "Nik Taylor" <yonjuuni@...>
said:
> Alexandre Lang wrote: > > 3. What's the difference between a syllable break ([.]) and any other > > break? > > What other kind of breaks would there be?
Maybe breaks between words, for example?
> > 4. Why isn't the onset part of the rhyme in a syllable? > > (http://www.sil.org/linguistics/GlossaryOfLinguisticTerms/WhatIsASyllable.htm) > > Because the rhyme is defined as the part of the syllable that excludes > the onset. The concept of rhyme is useful because in many languages the > coda functions as part of a unit with the vowel. For example, > allophones often make reference to following consonants, e.g., vowels > may be nasalized when followed by a nasal consonant, such that /kan/ = > [ka~n] while /ka/ = [ka] or /kat/ = [kat]. However, it's not as common > for vowels to nasalize when *preceded* by a nasal consonant, such that > /na/ = [na~], and, as far as I know, there aren't any languages that > would nasalize vowels when following a nasal, but *not* when preceding a > nasal (unless, of course, there are no nasal codas in the first place).
So it's just to facilitate manipulation of some languages? It's not a general rule then and doesn't apply to all languages? And it's true that it would be possible to have a language that would nasalize a vowel when they preceded by a nasal consonant, in which case the onset and nucleus would form the rhyme? -- Alexandre Lang allexpro@eml.cc -- http://www.fastmail.fm - IMAP accessible web-mail

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