Assertion: vowel | /r/HasProperty | syllabic
Facets:
value: by definition
type: OTHER
Source sentences:
text: Vowel (syllabic)
text: The nucleus may be a vowel, a syllabic nasal (N), or the syllabic l (L).
text: In rhotic dialects of English, as in Canada and the United States, there are many words such as bird, learn, girl, church, worst, wyrm, myrrh that some phoneticians analyze as having no vowels, only a syllabic consonant /ɹ̩/.
text: For instance, as shown in the sonority hierarchy above, vowels are considered [+syllabic], whereas all consonants (including stops, affricates, fricatives, etc.) are considered [−syllabic].
text: A vowel is a syllabic speech sound pronounced without any stricture in the vocal tract.
text: Vowels, by definition, are “syllabic:” on their own, they are considered a complete syllable.