In English a number of consonants can be classified as ambisyllabic. This means that the consonant is in the coda of the first syllable and the onset of the second. Instead of analyzing the consonant as solely the property of one syllable, it can classified as part of two.
For example, the word rabbit has a bilabial plosive which is traditionally classified as part of the second syllable. However, in certain speakers the [b] can be considered ambisyllabic. In an experiment conducted by Dirk Elzinga and David Eddington in 2014, older participants and more educated speakers produced more ambisyllabic responses. One of the words tested in the experiment was standard. In many instances the [d] was pronounced in both syllables of the word.
A study by Dirk Elzinga and David Eddington provided evidence for ambisyllabicity in English. Many of the words in which ambisyllabicity occurred had geminate spellings such as apple. The experiment revealed a social variable- those who were older and those who were more educated provided more ambisyllabic responses.
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