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Definition of Syllabism
1. n. The expressing of the sounds of a language by syllables, rather than by an alphabet or by signs for words.
Definition of Syllabism
1. Noun. The expression of the sounds of a language by syllables, rather than by an alphabet or by signs for words. ¹
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Definition of Syllabism
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Syllabism
Literary usage of Syllabism
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. In the Path of the Alphabet; an Historical Account of the Ancient Beginnings by Frances Delavan Page Jermain (1906)
"This was to syllabism, the second stage in ... In an advanced stage of syllabism
not all of the articulations of polysyllabic words were thus represented. ..."
2. Proceedings of the Cambridge Philological Society by Cambridge Philological Society (1884)
"Accordingly Verner's Law was to be explained by a syllabism represented by ...
The theory of syllabism in connection with accent which is proposed seems to ..."
3. Relliquiæ Philologicæ: Or, Essays in Comparative Philology by Herbert Dukinfield Darbishire (1895)
"Dr Fennell rejects the theory that accent is the disturbing influence and
substitutes for it syllabism. The coincidence between the observed facts and the ..."
4. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General by Thomas Spencer Baynes (1888)
"The impure syllabism marked out for them by the genius of their language has ...
This system seems to have reached syllabism before it was adopted by the ..."
5. The Oldest Book of the Chinese, the Yh-king, and Its Authors by Terrien de Lacouperie (1892)
"... and in fact its sad influence on linguistic progress, arose from a misunderstanding
of the syllabism of the present writing supposed to be spoken, ..."
6. Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society Held at Philadelphia for by American Philosophical Society (1880)
"... and not a graphic substitute for some other sound, for it alternates with no
other sound but with 1 This elementary syllabism impresses its character on ..."
7. Man in the Past, Present and Future: A Popular Account of the Results of by Ludwig Büchner (1872)
"Between them there is the intermediate stage known as syllabism, ... syllabism and
letters constitute the three successive stages of writing, ..."
8. Man in the Past, Present and Future: A Popular Account of the Results of by Ludwig Büchner (1872)
"Between them there is the intermediate stage known as syllabism, ... syllabism and
letters constitute the three successive stages of writing, ..."
9. In the Path of the Alphabet; an Historical Account of the Ancient Beginnings by Frances Delavan Page Jermain (1906)
"This was to syllabism, the second stage in ... In an advanced stage of syllabism
not all of the articulations of polysyllabic words were thus represented. ..."
10. Proceedings of the Cambridge Philological Society by Cambridge Philological Society (1884)
"Accordingly Verner's Law was to be explained by a syllabism represented by ...
The theory of syllabism in connection with accent which is proposed seems to ..."
11. Relliquiæ Philologicæ: Or, Essays in Comparative Philology by Herbert Dukinfield Darbishire (1895)
"Dr Fennell rejects the theory that accent is the disturbing influence and
substitutes for it syllabism. The coincidence between the observed facts and the ..."
12. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General by Thomas Spencer Baynes (1888)
"The impure syllabism marked out for them by the genius of their language has ...
This system seems to have reached syllabism before it was adopted by the ..."
13. The Oldest Book of the Chinese, the Yh-king, and Its Authors by Terrien de Lacouperie (1892)
"... and in fact its sad influence on linguistic progress, arose from a misunderstanding
of the syllabism of the present writing supposed to be spoken, ..."
14. Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society Held at Philadelphia for by American Philosophical Society (1880)
"... and not a graphic substitute for some other sound, for it alternates with no
other sound but with 1 This elementary syllabism impresses its character on ..."
15. Man in the Past, Present and Future: A Popular Account of the Results of by Ludwig Büchner (1872)
"Between them there is the intermediate stage known as syllabism, ... syllabism and
letters constitute the three successive stages of writing, ..."
16. Man in the Past, Present and Future: A Popular Account of the Results of by Ludwig Büchner (1872)
"Between them there is the intermediate stage known as syllabism, ... syllabism and
letters constitute the three successive stages of writing, ..."
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