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

From:Andreas Johansson <and_yo@...>
Date:Friday, July 13, 2001, 16:20
>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 _________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com.

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