Editing Syllable (section)

==Transcription==
In the [[International Phonetic Alphabet]] (IPA), the fullstop {{angbr IPA|.}} marks syllable breaks, as in the word "astronomical" {{angbr IPA|/ˌæs.trə.ˈnɒm.ɪk.əl/}}.

In practice, however, IPA transcription is typically divided into words by spaces, and often these spaces are also understood to be syllable breaks. In addition, the stress mark {{angbr IPA|ˈ}} is placed immediately before a stressed syllable, and when the stressed syllable is in the middle of a word, in practice, the stress mark also marks a syllable break, for example in the word "understood" {{angbr IPA|/ʌndərˈstʊd/}} (though the syllable boundary may still be explicitly marked with a full stop,<ref name="report">{{cite journal |author1=International Phonetic Association |author1-link=International Phonetic Association |title=Report on the 1989 Kiel Convention: International Phonetic Association |journal=Journal of the International Phonetic Association |date=December 1989 |volume=19 |issue=2 |doi=10.1017/S0025100300003868 |publisher=Cambridge University Press |pages=75–76|s2cid=249412330 }}</ref> e.g. {{angbr IPA|/ʌn.dər.ˈstʊd/}}).

When a word space comes in the middle of a syllable (that is, when a syllable spans words), a tie bar {{angbr IPA|‿}} can be used for [[liaison (French)|liaison]], as in the French combination {{lang|fr|les amis}} {{angbr IPA|/lɛ.z‿a.mi/}}. The liaison tie is also used to join lexical words into [[phonological word]]s, for example ''hot dog'' {{angbr IPA|/ˈhɒt‿dɒɡ/}}.

A Greek sigma, {{angbr|σ}}, is used as a [[Wildcard character|wild card]] for 'syllable', and a dollar/peso sign, {{angbr|$}}, marks a syllable boundary where the usual fullstop might be misunderstood. For example, {{angbr|σσ}} is a pair of syllables, and {{angbr|V$}} is a syllable-final vowel.