Editing Syllabification (section)

{{Short description|Separation of a word into syllables}}
{{about|the division of words to break lines|the syllable structure of words|Syllable#Syllabification}}
{{redirect|Hyphenation|the placing of hyphens in other contexts|Hyphen|the international relations concept|De-hyphenation}}
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'''Syllabification''' ({{IPAc-en|s|ɪ|ˌ|l|æ|b|ɪ|f|ɪ|ˈ|k|eɪ|ʃ|ən}}) or '''syllabication''' ({{IPAc-en|s|ɪ|ˌ|l|æ|b|ɪ|ˈ|k|eɪ|ʃ|ən}}), also known as '''hyphenation''', is the separation of a [[word]] into [[syllable]]s, whether spoken, written<ref>The term is also used for the process of a consonant becoming syllabic. For example, in [[American English regional differences#North Central American English|North Central American English]], "can" may be pronounced {{IPA|[kən]}}, or {{IPA|[kn̩]}} with the a syllabic /n/.</ref> or signed.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Baus |first1=C. |last2=Gutiérrez |first2=E. |last3=Carreiras |first3=M. |title=The role of syllables in sign language production |journal=Frontiers in Psychology |volume=5 |page=1254 |date=13 November 2014 |doi=10.3389/fpsyg.2014.01254 |doi-access=free|pmid=25431562 |pmc=4230165 }}</ref>