Re: USAGE: syllables

Quoting Nik Taylor <yonjuuni@...>:

> Alexandre Lang wrote:
> > Is there any phonetical difference between [.] and [#] though, besides
> > length?
>
> Depends on the language.  In some languages there may be no distinction
> at all, while in others there may be phenomena that only occur
> word-finally, such as obstruent devoicing in German.
True, except that obstruent devoicing in German does take place at the end of
syllables generally (with some morphologically motivated exceptions), and not
merely word-finally. Eg _Abmarsch_ [apmaRS].

You can get some interesting variations like _Wagner_ [va:gn6] or [va:kn6]
depending on how conscious the speaker is that it's related to _Wagen_
[va:g@n], wherefore it "should" have [g], this being one of those
morphologically motivated exceptions.

                                               Andreas

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