syllabification
Example Sentences
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This was uttered with such blinding rapidity of syllabification as to be a better test of teetotalism than the Scotch one of saying "Biblical criticism" six times.
From Alarms and Discursions by Chesterton, G. K. (Gilbert Keith)
As such they are the carriers of practically all significant differences in stress, pitch, and syllabification.
From Language An Introduction to the Study of Speech by Sapir, Edward
What he said was unintelligible, but words were uttered; the syllabification was distinct.
From The Works of Edgar Allan Poe — Volume 2 by Poe, Edgar Allan
Therefore I must reject it as nonsense syllabification.
From Bad Medicine by Sheckley, Robert
Possibly the study might more accurately be called word-study, since it aims also at training for pronunciation, syllabification, vocabulary extension, and etymology.
From What the Schools Teach and Might Teach by Bobbitt, John Franklin
Vocabulary lists containing syllabification
Words with 15 or More Letters, List 5
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Lesson 6
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