Re: Moraic codas [was Re: 'Yemls Morphology]

>From: J Matthew Pearson <pearson@...>
>Reply-To: Constructed Languages List <CONLANG@...>
>To: CONLANG@LISTSERV.BROWN.EDU
>Subject: Re: Moraic codas [was Re: 'Yemls Morphology]
>Date: Thu, 12 Jul 2001 14:46:51 -0700
>
>"Thomas R. Wier" wrote:
>
> > But see, I'm not sure that that's really a certain guide, since even
> > educated English speakers do not always agree on the syllabification
> > of English words they use everyday.
>
>Actually, syllabification in English seems to be abnormally tricky because
>of the problem
>of ambisyllabic consonants.  My impression is that in most languages,
>speakers have no
>trouble at all agreeing on how to syllabify a word.
What is an "ambisyllabic consonant"?

                                    Andreas
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