ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD SYNALEPHA
From Late Latin synaloepha, from Greek sunaliphē, from syn- + aleiphein to melt, smear.
10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SYNALEPHA»
Discover the use of
synalepha in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
synalepha and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Legends, Tales and Poems
Gustavo Adolfo Becquer. may occur synalepha (which corresponds to
diphthongization within a word), or hiatus (which is similar to diaeresis within a
word). Ex. Abre^una^eternidad, p. 178, XXXVI I, l. 22.
2
Spanish Phonology: Descriptive and Historical
Triphthongs and larger groups of vowels formed in synalepha may rise or fall in
prominence, or may have a central peak of prominence (7.18). SYNALEPHA In
Spanish two successive vowels which are normally in hiatus within a single word
...
3
El Estudiante de Salamanca and Other Selections
H does not prevent synalepha. The number of synalephas possible in a single
verse is theoretically limited only by the number of syllables in that verse. A
simple instance: De alguna arruinada iglesia (8) The number of vowels entering
into a ...
4
Parlar Cantando: The Practice of Reciting Verses in Italy ...
When a word ending in a vowel is directly followed by a word beginning with a
vowel, then we have a synalepha (or synaloepha). It must be noted that very
often the term synalepha is confused with the term elision, though, as Elwert
confirms, ...
Elena Abramov-van Rijk, 2009
5
El Rey Don Pedro en Madrid Y Infanzón de Illescas: Critical ...
Apacible y clara".84 (8) Synalepha between two unstressed vowels is the norm in
both traditions. (9) Synalepha between a final vowel tonic and an initial vowel
atonic is the norm in both traditions. 4. Final Conclusions Regarding the Orthoepy
...
Carol Bingham Kirby, 2003
6
Dreams of Waking: An Anthology of Iberian Lyric Poetry, ...
This is a linguistic phenomenon known as synalepha, and it finds representation
in the norms of versification in all three of these languages. We have just seen
how Gongora stretches out the word indiano through diaeresis to obtain more ...
Vincent Barletta, Mark L. Bajus, Cici Malik, 2013
Let's see how the synalepha works. Take this sentence as an example: siempre
te esperamos Grammatically, this sentence, counting all three words, has a total
of seven syllables: siem-pre-te-es-pe-ra-mos However, phonetically, it has only ...
Heritage learners of the language, many ofwhom may have learned Spanish
primarily by listening to it, tend to write the way they speak, which, because of the
synalepha, can cause frequent mistakes in spelling. For example, if you hear ...
Zulma Iguina, Eleanor Dozier, 2012
9
Love Songs from Al-Andalus: History, Structure, and Meaning ...
21 Hiatus, synalepha and paragogic -e If the stress-syllabic system is operating,
we must decide how to count. Therefore, all phenomena which affect the number
of syllables must be considered, such as syncope, apocope, hiatus, synalepha ...
10
An Introduction to Old Provençal Versification
This process, which is exceedingly common in Italian and Spanish, is known as
synalepha. Hiatus, the syllabic separation of two such adjacent vowels (
Michelangelo's che obbedisce) is less frequent than synalepha in both
languages, but by ...
