29-06-2020, 06:24 PM
Hi Marco,
In the context of this discussion, when we speak of "syllables" in a language, do we mean phonetic syllables or their written representation? I have an impression that these two are messed, which is probably methodologically incorrect.
How can one syllable contain two (or more) vowels? In your example of "thuong" (I omit the modifiers), would not that be two syllables (thu + ong) instead of one?
How can Vietnamese contain only single-syllable words? Means all their words are very short? Then how do they manage to express complex notions like "hydraulics" or "referendum"?
In short, when it comes to syllables, I'm at a loss.
In the context of this discussion, when we speak of "syllables" in a language, do we mean phonetic syllables or their written representation? I have an impression that these two are messed, which is probably methodologically incorrect.
How can one syllable contain two (or more) vowels? In your example of "thuong" (I omit the modifiers), would not that be two syllables (thu + ong) instead of one?
How can Vietnamese contain only single-syllable words? Means all their words are very short? Then how do they manage to express complex notions like "hydraulics" or "referendum"?
In short, when it comes to syllables, I'm at a loss.
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