adjective
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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syllabic sounds
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a syllabic writing system
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Syllabic writing requires mastery of what may be several hundred or several thousand symbols that are needed for syllabic representation.
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Moreover, the more phonologically complex a language, the more symbols will be needed for syllabic representation.
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Since in every language there are far more syllables than phonemes, syllabic representation must inevitably require more symbols than phonemic representation.
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Some phonologists maintain that a syllabic consonant is really a case of a vowel and a consonant that have become combined.
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They provide a fixed inventory of syllabic signs from which to draw for phonetic representation of spoken words.