| syllabation Sep 2nd 2012, 04:24 | ← Older revision | Revision as of 04:24, 2 September 2012 | | Line 11: | Line 11: | | | | | | | | # {{rare}} [[syllabification]] | | # {{rare}} [[syllabification]] | | − | #* '''1829''' June 20ᵗʰ, F.C. Belfour, "A Dissertation on the Establishment and Present State of the Arabic Press, Both in the East and West" in ''The Asiatic Journal and Monthly Register for British and Foreign India, China, and Australasia'', volume 2 (1830 May–August), <span class="plainlinks">[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=ShELAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA270&dq=%2Bsyllabation&hl=en&ei=Me4GTsOrAYqq8AP_j9y0DQ&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=2&ved=0CDIQ6AEwAQ#v=onepage&q=%2Bsyllabation&f=false page 270]</span> | + | #* '''1829''' June 20, F.C. Belfour, "A Dissertation on the Establishment and Present State of the Arabic Press, Both in the East and West" in ''The Asiatic Journal and Monthly Register for British and Foreign India, China, and Australasia'', volume 2 (1830 May–August), <span class="plainlinks">[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=ShELAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA270&dq=%2Bsyllabation&hl=en&ei=Me4GTsOrAYqq8AP_j9y0DQ&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=2&ved=0CDIQ6AEwAQ#v=onepage&q=%2Bsyllabation&f=false page 270]</span> | | | #*: Its '''syllabation''' partakes of the columnal system of the extreme Orientals, the Chinese; and the varied nature of its characters demands the width of at least three parallel lines for their co-arrangement. | | #*: Its '''syllabation''' partakes of the columnal system of the extreme Orientals, the Chinese; and the varied nature of its characters demands the width of at least three parallel lines for their co-arrangement. | | − | #* '''1926''', [[w:Henry Watson Fowler|Henry Watson Fowler]], ''[[w:A Dictionary of Modern English Usage|A Dictionary of Modern English Usage]]'' (1ˢᵗ ed., Oxford at the Clarendon Press), page 590, column 2, "syllabize &c." | + | #* '''1926''', [[w:Henry Watson Fowler|Henry Watson Fowler]], ''[[w:A Dictionary of Modern English Usage|A Dictionary of Modern English Usage]]'' (1st ed., Oxford at the Clarendon Press), page 590, column 2, "syllabize &c." | | | #*: '''syllabize''' &c. A verb & a noun are clearly sometimes needed for the notion of dividing words into syllables. The possible pairs seem to be the following (the number after each word means — 1, that it is in fairly common use; 2, that it is on record; 3, that it is not given in OED): — syllabate 3 '''syllabation''' 2 syllabicate 2 syllabication 1 syllabify 2 syllabification 1 syllabize 1 syllabization 3 One first-class verb, two first-class nouns, but neither of those nouns belonging to that verb. It is absurd enough, & any of several ways out would do; that indeed is why none of them is taken. The best thing would be to accept the most recognized verb ''syllabize'', give it the now non-existent noun ''syllabization'', & relegate all the rest to the <span style="font-variant:small-caps">Superfluous words</span>; but there is no authority both willing & able to issue such decrees. | | #*: '''syllabize''' &c. A verb & a noun are clearly sometimes needed for the notion of dividing words into syllables. The possible pairs seem to be the following (the number after each word means — 1, that it is in fairly common use; 2, that it is on record; 3, that it is not given in OED): — syllabate 3 '''syllabation''' 2 syllabicate 2 syllabication 1 syllabify 2 syllabification 1 syllabize 1 syllabization 3 One first-class verb, two first-class nouns, but neither of those nouns belonging to that verb. It is absurd enough, & any of several ways out would do; that indeed is why none of them is taken. The best thing would be to accept the most recognized verb ''syllabize'', give it the now non-existent noun ''syllabization'', & relegate all the rest to the <span style="font-variant:small-caps">Superfluous words</span>; but there is no authority both willing & able to issue such decrees. | | | | | | | | ===References=== | | ===References=== | | − | * "<span class="plainlinks">[http://www.archive.org/stream/oed9barch#page/n367/mode/2up Syllabation]</span>" listed on page 357 of volume IX, part II (<span style="font-variant:small-caps">Su–Th</span>) of ''[[w:Oxford English Dictionary|A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles]]'' [1ˢᵗ ed., 1919] '''Syllabation''' ({{enPRchar|silăb<i>ē</i><sup>i</sup>·ʃən}}). ''rare.'' [f. L. ''syllaba'' <span style="font-variant:small-caps">Syllable</span> ''sb.'' + <span style="font-variant:small-caps">-ation</span>. Cf. F. ''syllabation'' and Med.L. ''syllabāre''.] = <span style="font-variant:small-caps">Syllabification.</span> [¶] '''1856''' <span style="font-variant:small-caps">Caldwell</span> ''Compar. Gram. Dravidian'' 138 The chief peculiarity of Drâvidian syllabation is its extreme simplicity and dislike of compound or concurrent consonants. '''1871''' ''Public Sch. Lat. Gram.'' §11. 5 The following rules are observed in Latin Syllabation. | + | * "<span class="plainlinks">[http://www.archive.org/stream/oed9barch#page/n367/mode/2up Syllabation]</span>" listed on page 357 of volume IX, part II (<span style="font-variant:small-caps">Su–Th</span>) of ''[[w:Oxford English Dictionary|A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles]]'' [1st ed., 1919] '''Syllabation''' ({{enPRchar|silăb<i>ē</i><sup>i</sup>·ʃən}}). ''rare.'' [f. L. ''syllaba'' <span style="font-variant:small-caps">Syllable</span> ''sb.'' + <span style="font-variant:small-caps">-ation</span>. Cf. F. ''syllabation'' and Med.L. ''syllabāre''.] = <span style="font-variant:small-caps">Syllabification.</span> [¶] '''1856''' <span style="font-variant:small-caps">Caldwell</span> ''Compar. Gram. Dravidian'' 138 The chief peculiarity of Drâvidian syllabation is its extreme simplicity and dislike of compound or concurrent consonants. '''1871''' ''Public Sch. Lat. Gram.'' §11. 5 The following rules are observed in Latin Syllabation. | | − | * "<span class="plainlinks">[http://www.oed.com/oed2/00244956 syllabation]</span>" listed in the ''Oxford English Dictionary'' [2ⁿᵈ ed., 1989] | + | * "<span class="plainlinks">[http://www.oed.com/oed2/00244956 syllabation]</span>" listed in the ''Oxford English Dictionary'' [2nd ed., 1989] | | | | | | | | [[ast:syllabation]] | | [[ast:syllabation]] | | |
