initial syllable
collocation in Englishmeaningsofinitialandsyllable
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initial
adjective[before noun]
uk/ɪˈnɪʃ.əl/us/ɪˈnɪʃ.əl/
of or at ...
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syllable
noun[C]
uk/ˈsɪl.ə.bəl/us/ˈsɪl.ə.bəl/
a single unit of speech, either a whole word or one of the parts into which a word can be separated, usually containing ...
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(Definition ofinitialandsyllablefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
Examplesofinitial syllable
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If the final syllable does not have a long vowel or end in two or more consonants, theinitialsyllableis stressed.
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Stress was consistently on theinitialsyllableof all tokens referred to, as would be expected in this dialect.
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However, mid vowels which are non-initial are not permitted in surface forms unless they share height features with a vowel in the privilegedinitialsyllable.
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In these dialects, accent falls on theinitialsyllableof polysyllabic forms, which retains its lexical tone.
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Stress always falls on theinitialsyllable, regardless of quantity.
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In fact, no difference in frequency correlating with the weight of theinitialsyllablecan be claimed.
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There is a group of words that preserve stem stress on a pretonic syllable, and leave the precedinginitialsyllableunstressed.
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First, there are nearby dialects which have lexically determined tone patterns on theinitialsyllableof words.
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At the left edge, there are less likely to be intonational reasons to push stress from theinitialsyllablerightward.
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With regard to verb syllable number, children omitted theinitialsyllablein disyllabic verb contexts (59 %) more frequently than in monosyllabic verb contexts (41 %).
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Otherwise, theinitialsyllablewill have the main stress.
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