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syllabification

[si-lab-uh-fi-kay-shuhn] / sɪˌlæb ə fɪˈkeɪ ʃən /


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His attention is called to syllabification as well as to diacritical marks.

From How to Teach Phonics by Williams, Lida M.

This was uttered with such blinding rapidity of syllabification as to be a better test of teetotalism than the Scotch one of saying "Biblical criticism" six times.

From Alarms and Discursions by Chesterton, G. K. (Gilbert Keith)

What he said was unintelligible, but words were uttered; the syllabification was distinct.

From The Works of Edgar Allan Poe — Volume 2 by Poe, Edgar Allan

Possibly the study might more accurately be called word-study, since it aims also at training for pronunciation, syllabification, vocabulary extension, and etymology.

From What the Schools Teach and Might Teach by Bobbitt, John Franklin

Therefore I must reject it as nonsense syllabification.

From Bad Medicine by Sheckley, Robert




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