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Cartoon Theories of Linguistics
Part 12—Syllables

Phineas Q. Phlogiston, Ph.D.
Unintentional University of Lghtnbrgstn

To review the earlier Cartoon Theories of Linguistics, please seek out previous installments in the series in this journal. Now let us consider the most important aspects of syllables and their structure:

Syllables

Next time: Langue vs. Parole.

References
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  3. Fujimura, O. (1975). “Syllable as a unit of speech recognition”. Acoustics, Speech, and Signal Processing 23.1.
  4. Huffman, M. K. (1997). “Phonetic variation in intervocalic onset /l/’s in English”. Journal of Phonetics 25.2.
  5. Ladefoged, Peter. (2001). A course in phonetics, 4th edition.
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  7. Shaw P. (1993). “Templatic Evidence for the Syllable Nucleus”. In AJ Shafer (ed.). Proceedings of the North Eastern Linguistic Society 23.

The Bilemma in the Bilingual Brain—Madalena Cruz-Ferreira
HanjieLinguru II—Trey Jones
SpecGram Vol CLIV, No 4 Contents