But even if metathesis had operated on it, its final resonant creates problems for word syllabicity when consonant-initial affixes are applied. From Wordnik.com. [Pre-IE Syncope has an easter-egg surprise for you] Reference
On the other hand, syllabicity trumps moraic weight in some non-standard dialects. From Wordnik.com. [languagehat.com: LEPCHA [MORA].] Reference
Modern spoken standard Japanese has, AFAIK, very few phonological processes that pay attention to syllabicity, but several that have to do with moras, particularly accent placement and constraints on minimal words. From Wordnik.com. [languagehat.com: LEPCHA [MORA].] Reference
This 'something' is phonotactic restructuring which would reestablish sanity in the language's syllabicity despite the murderous deletion of so many unstressed vowels, and this likely occurred through various means depending on the nature of the syllabic violation in question. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2008-03-01] Reference
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