extra syllable
collocation in Englishmeaningsofextraandsyllable
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extra
adjective
uk/ˈek.strə/us/ˈek.strə/
added to what ...
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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 ofextraandsyllablefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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Eachextrasyllablebeyond 1 shortens the vowel nucleus by 35 msec, and vowels before voiceless stops are expected to be shorter by 24 msec.
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Oneextrasyllableis the problem, which you can resolve by scanning the second foot as either an anapest or a rather heavy-breathing elided iambic.
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In instances such as (9a-9b), theextrasyllablecan be considered as a different word that is appended to its host through cliticization.
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In a few cases, we did not have enough cues to identify theextrasyllable.
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Instead, there is anextrasyllablein such forms.
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The suffixes i and o are commonly used to add anextrasyllableto a line.
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This is sometimes called a ", or stolen" (more formally, furtive), since the sound steals an imaginary epenthetic consonant to make theextrasyllable.
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Since the two constraints both disfavour extra syllables, it is questionable whether both are necessary.
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This question aims at identifying the extra syllables that can be considered as (an attempt at) a suffix.
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The tune is adapted to various texts by inserting repercussions for extra syllables and by dividing and contracting melismas to fit the accents of the words.
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Lines 1 and 3 (and others) end with extra syllables.
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Thus, music compilers began to add three more shapes to their books to match the extra syllables.
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