Questions tagged [syllabic-consonants]
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How can the final /r/ in 'razor' and 'hammer' be syllabic?
I just learned liquid /l,r/ become syllabic when at the end of a word and immediately after a consonant. When I look at examples such as paddle and whistle, I can understand /l/ in those words becomes ...
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Are there any languages that have syllabic /w/ or /j/?
I heard somewhere that the following consonants can make a syllable on their own (i.e. syllabic consonants): /l/, /m/, /n/, /ŋ/, /r/, /w/, /j/. Of these, I've seen /l/, /m/, /n/, /r/ that make a ...
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Can medial /t/ and /d/ before syllabic /n/ be distinguished easily?
Addendum (0:00am, June 27th, JST): After reading Draconis' answer, I did a little more research and added my findings below the horizontal line.
Can medial /t/ and /d/ before syllabic /n/ be easily ...
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What exactly is the definition of a syllable?
I do not consider myself a linguist. I just teach English to Japanese audience. So please excuse my ignorance if this is too basic a question.
What exactly is the definition of a syllable? What I ...
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The difference between a regular consonant and a syllabic consonant
Trying to understand the difference between regular consonants and Syllabic Consonants. Two examples are from Danish.
[ð̩] skinnede
[l̩] solen
To start (for some context), the way I would naturally ...
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Is the "r" in "universe" syllabic?
Good morning,
Is the "r" is the word "Universe" syllabic?
I learned how to identify the syllabic letters, but still find it hard to do so.
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When do syllabic consonants occur?
Is there a set of rules to know when syllabic consonants (l, m, n, ng, r) occur in a word?
For instance, I used to think that there was a schwa before the l, m, n, ng, and r in the words police, ...
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How are syllabic consonants written in IPA?
Suppose that, in some hypothetical language, there were two different words:
/tump/
/tump/
What's the difference?, you might ask. In the first one, the word is one syllable long. In the second one, ...
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