final syllable
collocation in Englishmeaningsoffinalandsyllable
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final
adjective
uk/ˈfaɪ.nəl/us/ˈfaɪ.nəl/
last:
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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 offinalandsyllablefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
Examplesoffinal syllable
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If thefinalsyllabledoes not have a long vowel or end in two or more consonants, the initial syllable is stressed.
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The second factor was identified as short-term verbal memory and includedfinalsyllabledeletion in both languages.
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Finally, afinalsyllable, whether heavy or light, counts as heavy if it is so specified in the template (anceps).
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Thefinalsyllablecan support a stressed foot since it is binary at the level of the mora.
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By the end of this cycle, thefinalsyllableis adjoined to the left by (33b), since this is the only place it can go.
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This is the desired result, because it leaves the lightfinalsyllablestressless.
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The same goes for the low boundary tone, which is associated with thefinalsyllableof the utterance.
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The geminate serves both as the onset to the word-initial syllable and as the coda of thefinalsyllableof the preceding word.
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Although stress falls predominantly on the penultimate syllable in nouns, antepenultimate andfinalsyllablestress occur as well.
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The pivot points include edge pivots (first consonant, first vowel,finalsyllable, and final vowel) and prominence pivots (stressed syllable, stressed foot, and stressed vowel).
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Since (b) stresses its lightfinalsyllable, it positions a foot-level gridmark over the prosodic word-final mora.
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Thefinalsyllableof the audio prompt corresponded to the start of the video stimuli.
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We do hypothesise, however, that thefinalsyllablehas a different, non-tonal prominence: secondary stress.
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Should stress be present on thefinalsyllable, this tonal representation does not rule out a preceding accent tone.
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