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When we say a syllable is live or dead we are referring to the way it sounds.
Earlier, you learned that a short vowel has a sound that ends abruptly, where a long vowel sound resonates longer.
You also learned that stop final consonant sounds end abruptly, and sonorant final consonant sounds resonate longer.
If a syllable ends abruptly, we refer to this as a Dead Syllable.
If a syllable resonates longer, we refer to it as a Live Syllable.
And, a syllable that ends in a long vowel or a sonorant final consonant is Live.
So, a syllable that ends in a short vowel or a stop final consonant is Dead.
1) The class of the initial consonant.
2) Whether the syllable is live or dead.
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