French/English Glossary of Linguistic Terms

French word list

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	survivance
	sus-glottique
	suspense
	syllabaire
	syllabation
	syllabe
	syllabe légère
	syllabe lourde
	syllabème
	syllabicité
	syllabification
	syllabifier
	syllabique
	syllabisation
	syllabiser

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heavy syllable

[Subentry of syllable]

Fr    syllabe lourde

Synonym(s): strong syllable

Antonym(s): light syllable, weak syllable

Related term(s): checked syllable, closed syllable, syllable weight

Domain: Phonology

Source(s): Collinge 1990: 52; Crystal 2003: 499; Matthews 1997: 159-160; Trask 1996: 169

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English word list

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	heavy syllable
	heavy-NP shift
	hedge
	hedging
	height1
	height2
	helper
	hendiadys
	hermeneutic
	hermeneutics
	hero
	hesitate
	hesitation
	heterogeneity
	heterogeneous

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