SYLLABIC


Meaning of SYLLABIC in English

adjective

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syllabic sounds

a syllabic writing system

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Syllabic writing requires mastery of what may be several hundred or several thousand symbols that are needed for syllabic representation.

Moreover, the more phonologically complex a language, the more symbols will be needed for syllabic representation.

Since in every language there are far more syllables than phonemes, syllabic representation must inevitably require more symbols than phonemic representation.

Some phonologists maintain that a syllabic consonant is really a case of a vowel and a consonant that have become combined.

They provide a fixed inventory of syllabic signs from which to draw for phonetic representation of spoken words.

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