a minor syllable, presyllable, or sesquisyllable, is a reduced (minor) syllable followed by a full tonic or stressed syllable. The minor syllable may...
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Covers syllable structure in English. Line (poetry) List of the longest English words with one syllable Minor syllable Syllabary writing system Syllable (computing)...
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Solfège (redirect from Aretinian syllable)
("do-based minor"), when the key moves for example from C major to C minor the syllable do keeps pointing to the same note, namely C, (there's no "mutation"...
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Khmer language (section Syllable structure)
stressed on the final syllable, hence many words conform to the typical Mon–Khmer pattern of a stressed syllable preceded by a minor syllable. The language has...
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initial minor syllable (in addition to, and independent of, initial clusters in the main syllable). When a minor syllable occurred, the main syllable's initial...
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half"), consisting of a stressed syllable with approximately the above structure, preceded by an unstressed "minor" syllable consisting only of a consonant...
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Burmese language (section Syllable structure)
syllable coda). /ə/ only occurs in a minor syllable, and is the only vowel that is permitted in a minor syllable (see below). The close vowels /i/ and...
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Kensiu language (section Word and syllable structure)
There are not many single syllable words in use. A word is usually composed of the following parts: Major syllable Minor syllable Presyllable Kensiu uses...
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involving phonemic tone or register, a contrast between major and minor syllables, and strict limitations on consonant clusters. Burmese has 34 consonant...
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Aslian languages (section Syllable structure)
CCV(C). Sesquisyllabic: consist of a major syllable with fully stressed vowel, preceded by a minor syllable Temiar ləpud 'caudal fin' Semai kʔɛːp [kɛʔɛːp]...
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Semi-syllable may refer to: minor syllable, in phonology a glyph of a semi-syllabary, in orthography Syllable (disambiguation) Syllabic (disambiguation)...
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languages. Some researchers believe that both these phenomena reflect lost minor syllables. Proto-Tibeto-Burman as reconstructed by Benedict and Matisoff lacks...
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copying from just the edges of the reduplicant's base, thus forming a minor syllable. Examples of words in Semai include the following: Asli (2017), a film...
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verbs consisting of an initial, unstressed, reduced minor syllable followed by a stressed, full syllable. This reduction of presyllables has led to a variety...
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impeded if the lateral was preceded by an unspecified consonant or minor syllable. He reconstructs 林 as *Cə-lim, yielding MC lim. Furthermore, MC /l/...
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According to the International Astronomical Union (IAU), a minor planet is an astronomical object in direct orbit around the Sun that is exclusively classified...
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necessarily restricted to them, as the pattern also follows Khmer's minor syllable pattern. The modern Khmer numbers from 30 to 90 are as follows: The...
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different lengths of each syllable, while in English poetry, they are based on the different levels of stress placed on each syllable. In both cases, the meter...
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the quantitative meter of classical Greek prosody: a short syllable followed by a long syllable (as in καλή (kalḗ) "beautiful (f.)"). This terminology was...
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Old Chinese phonology (section Syllable structure)
unstressed prefix *Cə- (a minor syllable), which conditioned syllabic tenseness contrasting with laxness in type B syllables. a length distinction of the...
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suggests that the additional contrasts may reflect consonant clusters or minor syllables. Fujian The Min homeland consists of most of the province of Fujian...
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Auṃ, ISO 15919: Ōṁ) is a polysemous symbol representing a sacred sound, syllable, mantra, and invocation in Hinduism. Its written form is the most important...
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Tone (linguistics) (redirect from Syllable tone)
that tonal languages can have each syllable with an independent tone whilst pitch-accent languages may have one syllable in a word or morpheme that is more...
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sonorant. /r̥/ is only attested in minor syllables. Mlabri has a different set of consonants which occur at the ends of syllables, including aspirated sonorants...
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Requiem (Mozart) (redirect from Requiem in D minor)
The Requiem in D minor, K. 626, is a Requiem Mass by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756–1791). Mozart composed part of the Requiem in Vienna in late 1791,...
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boundary markers: ⟨.⟩ for a syllable break, ⟨|⟩ for a minor prosodic break and ⟨‖⟩ for a major prosodic break. The tags 'minor' and 'major' are intentionally...
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combinations, like single syllables, were written with single characters and also counted as a single foot in verse. Rarely, the minor syllables received a separate...
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pitch-accent language is a type of language that, when spoken, has certain syllables in words or morphemes that are prominent, as indicated by a distinct contrasting...
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ㅇ is silent syllable-initially and is used as a placeholder when the syllable starts with a vowel. ㄸ, ㅃ, and ㅉ are never used syllable-finally. The consonants...
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Sanskrit prosody (section Other syllable-based metres)
aesthetics. Sanskrit metres include those based on a fixed number of syllables per verse, and those based on fixed number of morae per verse. Extant...
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