By convention, but the syllable boundary is placed inside the word boundary: # pat # --> #$ pat $#. V(C)DlV --> V(C)D $ lT. 'D' = an alveolar stop, (C) = any immediately preceding consonant, 'l' = /l/ ...

Consonant blends glide together ... And even though it's five letters it's still only one syllable 'cause we only have one talking vowel, skate. All right. Let's make a new word.

I'm like a bird ♪ - And unlike syllabic consonants, like the N in button, or the L in little, there's no direct contact between articulators, leaving the vocal tract unobstructed. This is why ...

Speech is not just a series of sounds; speech also elicits a series of representations, such as syllables, vowels, or consonants, which our brains identify as such from the very early onset of ...

And that variability might be because they evolved in different habitats. Consonant-heavy syllables don't carry very well in places like windy mountain ranges or dense rainforests, researchers say.