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syllable

Unit of pronunciation within a word, or as a monosyllabic word, made by a vowel or a combination of vowels and consonants. For example, the word ‘competition’ contains four syllables: ‘com/pe/ti/tion’.
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In Japanese (with CV open syllables and isochronous moras), random syllable combinations are more likely to be real words.
Mnemonic: "Try one, for I find ..." (3.1415) by Tanaka, Tomoyuki / Word Ways
It appears that vowels in open syllables tend to be longer than in closed syllables.
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Laude is a latinate form (the diphthong/au/did not monophthongize to/o/) and move/core may lead to a fruitful discussion on the proposed origins of diphthongs in stressed, open syllables (which are summarized concisely in Maiden's A Linguistic History of Italian, London: Longman, 1995: 35-40).
Valeria Della Valle and Giuseppe Patota. L'italiano: Biografia di una ... by Aski, Janice M. / Italica
 
 
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