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For information on Hiatus in Scottish Gaelic see [[Hiatus]]
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'''Hiatus''' refers to a break in a vocalic sequence whereby each vowel belongs to a different syllable. For instance, the word ''hiatus'' [haɪ.e.təs] exhibits such a phenomenon where the " . " marks the syllable break between the diphthong [aɪ] and the monophthong [e].  
 
'''Hiatus''' refers to a break in a vocalic sequence whereby each vowel belongs to a different syllable. For instance, the word ''hiatus'' [haɪ.e.təs] exhibits such a phenomenon where the " . " marks the syllable break between the diphthong [aɪ] and the monophthong [e].  
  
Examples from the Barra dialect of Gaelic are presented below (from Clements 1986):
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*[[Hiatus]]
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*[[Syllable (definition)]]
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*[[Epenthesis (definition)]]
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*[[Epenthesis]]
  
*[N'i.an] ''bird''
 
*[bi.əɣ] ''let (him) be''
 
*[ʀu.əɣ] ''flush in the face''
 
*[du.an] ''hook''
 
 
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==References==
 
==References==
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*http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hiatus_(linguistics)
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*Hualde, José and Monica Prieto (2002) On the diphthong/hiatus contrast in Spanish: some experimental results. ''Linguistics'' 40: 217-234.
  
 
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Revision as of 23:59, 7 June 2012

For information on Hiatus in Scottish Gaelic see Hiatus

Hiatus refers to a break in a vocalic sequence whereby each vowel belongs to a different syllable. For instance, the word hiatus [haɪ.e.təs] exhibits such a phenomenon where the " . " marks the syllable break between the diphthong [aɪ] and the monophthong [e].

See Also

External Links

The link below takes you away from the Gaelic Wiki to Wikipedia. Since wikipedia pages can be edited by anyone, they often contain inaccurate information. So be careful!

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