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Basic phonetic-phonological unit of the word or of speech that can be identified intuitively, but for which there is no uniform linguistic definition. Articulatory criteria include increased pressure in the airstream ( stress2), a change in the quality...

n. A fundamental but elusive phonological unit typically consisting of a short sequence of segments, most typically a single vowel or diphthong possibly preceded and/or followed by one or more consonants. Although native speakers usually find it easy...

adj. 1. Constituting a syllable, or (more usually) the nucleus of a syllable. Abstr. n. syllabicity 2. Pertaining to a syllable or to syllables. 3. (syll) A distinctive feature proposed by Chomsky and Halle (1968:354) (who credit the idea to an...

n. (also checked syllable) A syllable which ends in one or more consonants. All the syllables occurring in the English words cut, aim, handle, accent and companion are closed; the syllables of murmur are closed in a rhotic accent but not in a...

A syllable (Ancient Greek: συλλαβή) is a unit of organization for a sequence of speech sounds. It is typically made up of a syllable nucleus (most often a vowel) with optional initial and final margins (typically, consonants). Syllables are often...

Your lips two pillows where my dreams rest. Where do conversations end and kisses begin when syllables and lipstick wear the same breath? My dreams are six seas where I'm seldom wet. Your breast: black bass swimming in your skin....

A weekly update on the presidential campaign As state after Southern state lined up behind George Bush last Tuesday, Robert Dole remarked testily to a TV interviewer that Bush, for all his GOP muscle, would, in the opinion of pollsters, very likely lose to...