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Meaning of "syllabification" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF SYLLABIFICATION

syllabification  [sɪˌlæbɪfɪˈkeɪʃən] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF SYLLABIFICATION

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Syllabification is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES SYLLABIFICATION MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Syllabification

Syllabification or syllabication is the separation of a word into syllables, whether spoken or written. The written separation is usually marked by a hyphen when using English orthography and with a period when transcribing in the International Phonetic Alphabet . For presentation purposes, typographers may use an interpunct, or a special-purpose "hyphenation point". At the end of a line, a word is separated in writing into parts conventionally called "syllables" if it does not fit and if moving it to the next line would make the first line much shorter than the others. This can be a particular problem with very long words. Word processing has automated the process of justification, making syllabification of shorter words often superfluous. In some languages, the spoken syllables are also the basis of syllabification in writing. However, possibly due to the weak correspondence between sounds and letters in the spelling of modern English, written syllabification in English is based mostly on etymological or morphological instead of phonetic principles.

Definition of syllabification in the English dictionary

The definition of syllabification in the dictionary is the process of dividing a word into its constituent syllables.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH SYLLABIFICATION


allocation
ˌæləˈkeɪʃən
application
ˌæplɪˈkeɪʃən
authentication
ɔːˌθentɪˈkeɪʃən
certification
ˌsɜːtɪfɪˈkeɪʃən
classification
ˌklæsɪfɪˈkeɪʃən
communication
kəˌmjuːnɪˈkeɪʃən
dedication
ˌdɛdɪˈkeɪʃən
education
ˌɛdjʊˈkeɪʃən
identification
aɪˌdɛntɪfɪˈkeɪʃən
indication
ˌɪndɪˈkeɪʃən
location
ləʊˈkeɪʃən
medication
ˌmɛdɪˈkeɪʃən
modification
ˌmɒdɪfɪˈkeɪʃən
notification
ˌnəʊtɪfɪˈkeɪʃən
publication
ˌpʌblɪˈkeɪʃən
qualification
ˌkwɒlɪfɪˈkeɪʃən
relocation
ˌriːləʊˈkeɪʃən
specification
ˌspɛsɪfɪˈkeɪʃən
vacation
vəˈkeɪʃən
verification
ˌvɛrɪfɪˈkeɪʃən

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE SYLLABIFICATION

syllabarium
syllabary
syllabi
syllabic
syllabical
syllabically
syllabicate
syllabicating
syllabication
syllabicity
syllabified
syllabifies
syllabify
syllabism
syllabize
syllable
syllabogram
syllabography
syllabub
syllabus

WORDS THAT END LIKE SYLLABIFICATION

accreditation
action
administration
animation
association
citation
combination
confirmation
conversation
corporation
creation
decoration
destination
documentation
duration
evaluation
excitation
federation
formation
foundation
generation

Synonyms and antonyms of syllabification in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «syllabification» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF SYLLABIFICATION

Find out the translation of syllabification to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of syllabification from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «syllabification» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

音节
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

silabeo
570 millions of speakers

English

syllabification
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

syllabification
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

التقطيع
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

syllabification
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

silabação
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

syllabification
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

syllabification
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Syllabification
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Silbentrennung
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

ハイフネーション
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

syllabification
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Syllabification
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

sự phân âm
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

syllabification
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

Syllabification
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Hecelerin
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

sillabazione
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

syllabification
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

syllabification
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

silabisire
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

συλλαβισμού
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

lettergreepverdeling
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

avstavning
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

syllabification
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of syllabification

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «SYLLABIFICATION»

The term «syllabification» is normally little used and occupies the 113.794 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «SYLLABIFICATION» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about syllabification

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SYLLABIFICATION»

Discover the use of syllabification in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to syllabification and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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A Theory of Syllabification and Segmental Alternation: With ...
Theory of Syllabification and Segmental Alternation: With Studies on the Phonology of French, German, Tonkawa and Yawelmani (Linguistische Arbeiten)
Roland Noske, 1993
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Introduction to English Linguistics
Syllabification Another problem that we need to tackle concerns the question of how consonants are distributed among syllables. Assigning syllable structure to words is called syllabification. We have established so far that every syllable must ...
Ingo Plag, 2007
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Syllabification in Latin Inscriptions
This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923.
Walter Dennison, 2012
4
A Discriminative Approach to Automatic Syllabification
Syllabification is the process of dividing a word into its constituent syllables.
Susan Elizabeth Bartlett, 2007
5
Phonology: Critical Concepts in Linguistics
proper syllabification is required. In some languages, there is evidence of early cyclic syllabification. Because the prosodic hierarchy in example (l) requires that syllabification feed stress assignment, evidence of cyclic stress provides evidence ...
Charles W. Kreidler, 2001
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Automatic Syllabification in European Languages: A ...
Although automatic syllabification is an important component in several natural language tasks, little has been done to compare the results of data-driven methods on a wider set of languages.
Connie R. Adsett, 2008
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Syllabification and Accent in the Paradise Lost
This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923.
George Dobbin Brown, 2011
8
Spanish Phonology: A Syllabic Perspective
Serial accounts: the domain of syllabification in Spanish is a unit smaller than the word In a derivational model of phonology, rules apply sequentially and within certain domains; thus, rule-based models of syllabification need to specify the ...
Sonia Colina, 2009
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Current Studies in Spanish Linguistics
In particular, productive prefixes are separated from the rest of the word for syllabification purposes and the members of a compound also constitute separate domains. In this regard, Spanish presents a similar situation to that found in other ...
Héctor Campos, Fernando Martínez-Gil, 1992
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Living on the Edge: 28 Papers in Honour of Jonathan Kaye
On. the. syllabification. of. right-edge. consonants. —. evidence. from. Ahtna. ( Athapaskan)*. Keren. Rice. Introduction One way of constraining a grammar is to limit the set of representational choices that it offers, or the set of possible contrasts ...
Stefan Ploch, 2003

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SYLLABIFICATION»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term syllabification is used in the context of the following news items.
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6 Reasons We Shouldn't Use Hymnals Anymore
And you don't have to read music fluently to learn to pick up on melodic direction, rhythm, and syllabification, all things you can't get from words on a screen. «Patheos, Jul 15»
2
CRTC Calls for Comments on English Language Closed Captioning …
... typical to live programs, such as rapid speech, ad-lib speech, cross-talk and the density of syllabification on names (e.g., hockey or sports talk programs). «Broadcaster, Jul 15»
3
Even Taylor Swift's Mom Got That 'Blank Space' Lyric Wrong …
When you hear a song like “Blank Space,” you're getting an input signal that is muddled with background music, rhythms, and syllabification, explains Mark ... «Yahoo Health, May 15»
4
Musical jaunt down memory lane for Participation's Cornwall show …
Syllabification from a Sycophant starring April Showers and May Flowers if they are available, runs Sunday, April 19 at the Ramada Inn. Participation consists of ... «Standard Freeholder, Apr 15»
5
Concert stresses fun, fun, fun
That's when the world premiere of Participation's Syllabification from a Sycophant, starring April Showers and May Flowers, if they are available at the Ramada ... «Standard Freeholder, Mar 15»
6
Excuse Me While I Kiss This Guy
... different languages have different general principles of inflection (the rise and fall of a voice within a word or a sentence) and syllabification (the stress patterns ... «The New Yorker, Dec 14»
7
Why Don't British Singers Have British Accents When They Sing?
“What gets lost in singing are the suprasegmentals,” a linguistic term used to indicate qualities like stress, tone, and syllabification, Fioretta said. In other words, a ... «BuzzFeed, Jul 14»
8
NY POST: Flatlining on the EEG
... two syllables of “zaftig“* that this bête noire of democracy, self-governance and civil debate seems to have as the upper syllabification limit of her ineptitude. «The Democratic Daily, Feb 14»
9
Off the Grid aims for new North Berkeley digs
I only ask because “biweekly” can have two different meanings. See the Oxford English Dictionary's entry for biweekly: biweekly. Syllabification: (bi·week·ly) «Berkeleyside, Nov 13»
10
Film Review of the Week: Captain Phillips
At the outset, Rich Phillips (Tom Hanks, drifting toward Peter Griffin syllabification) is in command of the massive Maersk Alabama, a cargo ship leaving from ... «Cleveland Scene Weekly, Oct 13»

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