In the United States the prevailing purpose of syllabication is to indicate pronunciation. From Wordnik.com. [Orthography As Outlined in the State Course of Study for Illinois] Reference
Write 10 words frequently mispronounced andindicate pronunciation by use of diacritical marks and by syllabication. From Wordnik.com. [Boing Boing: June 20, 2004 - June 26, 2004 Archives] Reference
Then indicate what words are to be defined, and insist upon the proper syllabication, accent, marking of letters, etc. From Wordnik.com. [New National Fourth Reader] Reference
Gigantic white birds fly from beyond the white curtain, screaming the eternal "Teke-li-li, tekeli-li" -- a syllabication that dies away on the lips of the islander as his soul finally, on that last terrible day, leaves his body. From Wordnik.com. [A Strange Discovery] Reference
It is good that these words came just here to wall themselves before the torrent that might not have been stayed until I had laid the mountain of my thought upon the sycophantic syllabication that the world loves to "lip" unto the world, -- the false world, that, blinded, blinds to blinder blindness those that fain would behold. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 10, No. 62, December, 1862] Reference
The Grebo people seem to have no idea of syllabication. From Wordnik.com. [History of the Negro Race in America From 1619 to 1880. Vol 1 Negroes as Slaves, as Soldiers, and as Citizens] Reference
(See page 135.) The proper division of words into syllables is called syllabication. From Wordnik.com. [The Standard Speller; Containing Exercises for Oral Spelling; also, Sentences for Silent Spelling by Writing from Dictation. In Which the Representative Words and the Anomalous Words of the English Language are so Classified as to Indicate Their Pronunciation, and to be Fixed in the Memory by Association.] Reference
And the new syllabication has enlivened the news, sometimes turning it into far-out poetry. From Wordnik.com. [VERBATIM: The Language Quarterly Vol III No 4] Reference
The opening syllabication is like dickcissel's; then follows a trill of no specially definable character. From Wordnik.com. [Birds of the Rockies] Reference
Rules for the division of words at the ends of lines, with remarks on spelling, syllabication and pronunciation. From Wordnik.com. [The Uses of Italic A Primer of Information Regarding the Origin and Uses of Italic Letters] Reference
Classes, -- for scholars who are, to some extent, familiar with the principles of pronunciation and syllabication. From Wordnik.com. [A Spelling-Book for Advanced Classes] Reference
Write 10 words frequently mispronounced and indicate pronunciation by use of diacritical marks and by syllabication. From Wordnik.com. [Daled Amos] Reference
A principle of euphony, or affinity of syllabication, might be applied in the abbreviation of a few of this class of generic words: as Eo. From Wordnik.com. [Memoirs of 30 Years with the Indian Tribes on the American Frontiers]
Rules for the division of words at the ends of lines, with remarks on spelling, syllabication and pronunciation. 42 pp.; 70 review questions. From Wordnik.com. [Capitals A Primer of Information about Capitalization with some Practical Typographic Hints as to the Use of Capitals] Reference
In addition to spelling and syllabication of headwords and of many derived forms, pronunciations, etymologies, synonym lists and studies, and usage notes abound. From Wordnik.com. [VERBATIM: The Language Quarterly Vol V No 2] Reference
It is suggested that, in written lessons, the words be arranged in lines, instead of columns, in order to afford the scholar an occasional exercise in practical syllabication. From Wordnik.com. [A Spelling-Book for Advanced Classes] Reference
This work, as its title indicates, is intended for the use of Advanced Classes, - for scholars who are, to some extent, familiar with the principles of pronunciation and syllabication. From Wordnik.com. [manybooks.net] Reference
As other British dictionaries do not generally show syllabication markers, there was no justification for keeping them for competitive reasons, and nostalgic sentiment plays a very small role in the dictionary business. From Wordnik.com. [VERBATIM: The Language Quarterly Vol XIII No 3] Reference
The syllabication of headwords is not an important feature in British dictionaries: the Collins English Dictionary, which offered an elaborate system in its first edition (1979), set the words solid in its second edition. From Wordnik.com. [VERBATIM: The Language Quarterly Vol XV No 1] Reference
In copying the dictation exercises, the pupil can always satisfy himself in regard to the pronunciation or syllabication of an exemplifying word, by referring to it in the paragraph of a corresponding number in large type. From Wordnik.com. [The Standard Speller; Containing Exercises for Oral Spelling; also, Sentences for Silent Spelling by Writing from Dictation. In Which the Representative Words and the Anomalous Words of the English Language are so Classified as to Indicate Their Pronunciation, and to be Fixed in the Memory by Association.] Reference
The Romaji system of spelling has been followed (except in one or two cases where I thought it better to indicate the ancient syllabication after the method adopted by Aston); and words or phrases necessarily supplied have been inclosed in parentheses. From Wordnik.com. [The Romance of the Milky Way And Other Studies & Stories] Reference
This problem includes other things like regular repetition of the same word, prolonged syllabication of a word, repetition of a single syllable and there are times where it even includes the person effected not being able to produce the sound for a particular syllable, word or sentence. From Wordnik.com. [EzineArticles] Reference
It is believed that, for Advanced Classes, the plan adopted in this book, of presenting the words without indicating the pronunciation or syllabication, will be found to possess some decided advantages; for the pupil, as in the study of Arithmetic and the Languages, is thereby thrown upon his own resources. From Wordnik.com. [A Spelling-Book for Advanced Classes] Reference
Maybe it is the many revered classic literature in Spanish that you want to revel in without the inconvenience of faulty and rarely comprehensive translations, or maybe it is the allure of the smoky-voiced and beautiful and lively words and syllabication in the Spanish language that has compelled you to learn how to speak Spanish fast. From Wordnik.com. [MyLinkVault Newest Links] Reference
In older dictionaries the words are syllabified mainly to help in pronouncing them; latterly, syllabication has been used largely to find where a word can be hyphenated at the end of a line of text, though, judging by today's newspapers and magazines, one would be sore put to believe that a dictionary had ever been within the grasp of their editors, proofreaders, or the programmers who wrote the hyphenation programs for the automatic typesetting many of them now employ. From Wordnik.com. [VERBATIM: The Language Quarterly Vol XV No 1] Reference
Rapid syllabication is also. From Wordnik.com. [A Book of Operas Their Histories, Their Plots, and Their Music] Reference
Lost in syllabication. From Wordnik.com. [CTV News RSS Feed] Reference
27. syllabication. From Wordnik.com. [A Spelling-Book for Advanced Classes] Reference
What is meant by the following: alphabet, phonetic, orthography, etymology, syllabication. From Wordnik.com. [Daled Amos] Reference
What is meant by the following: Alphabet, phonetic, orthography, etymology, syllabication?. From Wordnik.com. [Boing Boing: June 20, 2004 - June 26, 2004 Archives] Reference
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