--- In qalam@yahoogroups.com, "Richard Wordingham"
<richard.wordingham@...> wrote:

> --- In qalam@yahoogroups.com, "suzmccarth" <suzmccarth@...> wrote:
>
> > "William Poser (UPenn)
> > "Phonological Writing and Phonological Representation"
> > Abstract:
> <Snip>
> > "The improved typology simplifies the correspondance between

phonology

> > and writing and provides additional evidence for the notions

mora,

> > segment, rhyme, and head of syllable. The extreme rarity of
> > syllabaries undermines arguments for the psychological atomicity

of

> > the syllable, and with them one source of resistance to the

teaching

> > of reading via phonics."
>
> What's the 'head' of a syllable?
>
> It seems to me that most 'moraic' systems are really writing

(onset +

> nucleus) + coda, but I'm not aware of a word for 'onset + nucleus'.

I like this analysis but I would guess that initial + nucleus from
coda is still at the basically syllabic stage, whereas onset and
rime is closer to alphabetic representation.

In developmental stages in children segmentation of initial +
nucleus from the coda is much earlier than segmentation of onset
from rime(nucleus + coda). Of course, onset and rime is taught but
it is difficult for children to perceive. Chilren can easily remove
the initial + nucleus from the coda - that is not considered a
learned task.

Suzanne