The source of syllabicity in syllabic consonants is always a vowel, either directly, when a vowel changes into a consonant (consonantalization), or else indirectly, when a vowel is lost and its syllabicity is transferred to a consonant (syllabic syncope).
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The source of syllabicity in syllabic consonants is always a vowel, either directly, when a vowel changes into a consonant (consonantalization), or else indirectly, when a vowel is lost and its syllabicity is transferred to a consonant (syllabic syncope).
A preliminary version of this paper appeared in Working Papers on Language Universals 4, November 1970, which contained a language sample of 182.The present sample given above is a part of this larger one.
A preliminary version of this paper appeared in Working Papers on Language Universals 4, November 1970, which contained a language sample of 182.The present sample given above is a part of this larger one.