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本帖最后由 布哈拉 于 2016-2-5 21:38 编辑
MWCD 11th 的 preface 里面对 end-of-line division 和 syllable break 区别已经解释得很清楚了。其它几本主流词典前言也有介绍,不过不太好发出来。词典的前言里一般会讲很多细节的……
Source: http://assets2.merriam-webster.c ... o-pronunciation.pdf
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Hyphens are used to separate syllables in pronunciation transcriptions. In actual speech, of course, there is no pause between the syllables of a word.
The placement of hyphens is based on phonetic principles, such as vowel length, nasalization, variation due to the position of a consonant in a syllable, and other nuances of the spoken word. The syllable breaks shown in this book reflect the careful pronunciation of a single word out of context. Syllabication tends to change in rapid or running speech: a consonant at the end of a syllable may shift into a following syllable, and unstressed vowels may be elided. The numerous variations in pronunciation that a word may have in running speech are of interest to phoneticians but are well outside the scope of a dictionary of general English.
The centered dots in boldface entry words indicate potential end-of-line division points and not syllabication. These division points are determined by considerations of both morphology and pronunciation, among others. Further discussion of end-of-line division is contained in the section of that name within the Explanatory Notes. In this book a consistent approach has been pursued, both toward word division based on traditional formulas and toward syllabication based on phonetic principles. As a result, the hyphens indicating syllable breaks and the centered dots indicating end-of-line division often do not fall in the same places.
Source: http://www.merriam-webster.com/h ... -notes/dict-entries
End-of-Line Division
The centered dots within entry words indicate division points at which a hyphen may be put at the end of a line of print or writing. Thus the noun pos·si·bil·i·ty may be ended on one line with:
pos-
possi-
possibil-
possibili-
and continued on the next with:
sibility
bility
ity
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