Hiatus (definition)

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

• Hiatus
• Syllable (definition)
• Epenthesis (definition)
• Epenthesis

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References

• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hiatus_(linguistics)
• Hualde, José and Monica Prieto (2002) On the diphthong/hiatus contrast in Spanish: some experimental results. Linguistics 40: 217-234.