syllabification
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Explanation
When you divide a word into its individual vowel sounds, that's syllabification. The syllabification of "vocabulary" looks like this: vo-cab-u-lar-y. The word syllabification essentially means "the act of separating into syllables," and syllable goes back to the Greek syllabē, "that which is held together" or "several sounds taken together." Syllables are sounds held together by vowels, and the process of syllabification involves identifying those separate syllables, in speech or writing. Syllabification is a good way to learn a new word, whether you're trying to spell it or pronounce it correctly. Try it with syl-lab-if-i-ca-tion!
Vocabulary lists containing syllabification
Words with 15 or More Letters, List 5
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Example Sentences
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Madmen are of some nation, and their language, however incoherent in its words, has always the coherence of syllabification.
From The Works of Edgar Allan Poe — Volume 1 by Willis, Nathaniel Parker
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
Therefore I must reject it as nonsense syllabification.
From Bad Medicine by Sheckley, Robert
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
His attention is called to syllabification as well as to diacritical marks.
From How to Teach Phonics by Williams, Lida M.
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