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


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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)

As such they are the carriers of practically all significant differences in stress, pitch, and syllabification.

From Language An Introduction to the Study of Speech by Sapir, Edward

Madmen are of some nation, and their language, however incoherent in its words, has always the coherence of syllabification.

From The Works of Edgar Allan Poe — Volume 1 by Willis, Nathaniel Parker

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

From How to Teach Phonics by Williams, Lida M.

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




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