LINGUIST List 25.2629
Wed
Jun 18 2014
FYI: Syllabification of
4990 English Words
Editor for this issue:
Uliana Kazagasheva <ulianalinguistlist.org>
Date: 16-Jun-2014
From: David Eddington
<eddington
byu.edu>
Subject: Syllabification of
4990 English Words
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This database contains 4990 bisyllabic English
words which were syllabified by an average of
22 native English speakers.
It may be downloaded at:
http://linguistics.byu.edu/faculty/eddingtond/BYU%20Syllabification%20Survey.xls
Details about how the syllabifications were
elicited may be found in:
Eddington, David, Rebecca Treiman, and Dirk
Elzinga. 2013. Syllabification of American
English: Evidence from a Large-scale Experiment
Part I, Journal of Quantitative Linguistics,
20. 45-67.
Eddington, David, Rebecca Treiman, and Dirk
Elzinga. 2013. Syllabification of American
English: Evidence from a Large-scale Experiment
Part II, Journal of Quantitative Linguistics,
20. 75-93.
Linguistic Field(s): Phonology
Subject Language(s):
English (eng)
Page Updated: 18-Jun-2014