syllabic
part of speech
adjective (syllabic)
meaning for a pupil
1) Syllabic means about syllables, the beats or sound parts that words are divided into: "hap-py" has two syllables. tree →
2) A syllabic writing system (a syllabary) uses one symbol for each syllable, like Japanese kana or the Cherokee syllabary. tree →
3) (phonetics) A syllabic sound, like the "n" in "button" or "l" in "bottle", makes a syllable on its own without a vowel. tree →
sense in the lessons
In English and phonics lessons pupils clap syllables to read and spell longer words; in poetry, syllable counts matter for haiku (5-7-5) and for rhythm. In language lessons, children learn that some scripts are syllabic, some alphabetic (one letter per sound), and Chinese is mostly logographic. Phrases: "syllabic script", "syllabic structure", "syllabic verse".
examples
- Japanese hiragana is a syllabic script. tree →
- We clapped the syllabic beats of our names. tree →
- A haiku has a strict syllabic pattern: 5, 7, 5. tree →
- The Cherokee leader Sequoyah invented a syllabic writing system. tree →
- In "bottle", the final l is syllabic. tree →
- Syllabic poems count syllables, not stresses. tree →
- Breaking a long word into syllabic parts helps you spell it. tree →
note
Pronounced "si-LAB-ik". Noun: syllable; plural syllables. An alphabet (like English) is not syllabic: each letter stands for a sound, not a whole syllable.
Trees and pragmatics
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