weak syllable
collocation in Englishmeaningsofweakandsyllable
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weak
adjective
uk/wiːk/us/wiːk/
not ...
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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 ofweakandsyllablefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
Examplesofweak syllable
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This hypothesis states that children learning languages construct a template for producing a strong syllable followed by an optionalweaksyllable.
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Interestingly, an effect of verb syllable number did exist on omission rates of the initialweaksyllable.
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This morpheme is aweaksyllablethat is rarely lengthened.
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The past participle, for instance, is argued to require words starting in aweaksyllable.
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Aweaksyllable, on the other hand, does not begin a new content word, and stands a good chance of being a neutral-toned grammatical morpheme.
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The present research tests this assumption by examining the acoustic properties of children's utterances exhibiting or not exhibitingweaksyllableomissions.
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Further, having the article followed by aweaksyllabledid not appear to present greater difficulty to them.
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Fourth, the prediction that children would have more article errors in contexts in which the article is preceded by aweaksyllablewas also supported.
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The middle syllable is relatively brief and less salient than the finalweaksyllable.
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In addition, various factors seem to dictate the extent to which a certain initialweaksyllableis omitted, including segmental, metrical, or positional factors.
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I will argue that while they are types ofweaksyllable, their various forms are related in ways which are peculiar to the auxiliaries as a system.
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Note, in addition, that there is a strong tendency for the rises star ting on aweaksyllableto be nearer the beginning of that syllable.
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Fikkert found that in the case of a monosyllabic trochee, children often maximized the foot size by adding an extraweaksyllableafter the strong one.
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Rather, most lines have five strong syllables, and most are preceded by aweaksyllable.
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If aweaksyllableis subject to devoicing however, it can not receive an accent.
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Syllabic consonants may also arise as a result ofweaksyllablereduction; see below.
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