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'' but stopped at the first syllable . The last two levels convert this initial representation into a more detailed phonetic representation , dividing the phonemes into syllables , calculating the stress pattern of the word , applying allophonic rules ( determining , for instance , which occurrences of / t / , / p / , and / k / should be aspirated ) , and reducing unstressed vowels to schwas . We can change rules . However , unlike the test designed by Kent , et al. Note also that , unlike Kent , et al. ( 1989 ) who used exclusively monosyllabic words , these test materials included disyllabic verbs in which the final consonant of the first syllable of the verb could be the phoneme of interest . An iamb is a metrical foot consisting of two syllables . I might not believe that CEOs " control the Pope , the Dalai Lama , holy rollers , Ayatollah , " but I can have a good time rolling those syllables around my tongue . BCCdb takes the inventory of speech created by InvTool software and a file containing a list of wavefiles with the corresponding phoneme string , syllable boundary information , and syllable stress information ( also used by InvTool ) . A prefix , most commonly `` qo '' for a foreign name , signals that the syllables are not to be looked up in the dictionary and are to be kept together when other compound words are split up during organization . Generalizability is generally not a dominant focus of the review , but those relative weights may change . A change in perception , beliefs and attitudes is what 's really needed , " he said . If you wish to search just those we have full-text access to , you can change the " Display " default setting to " Subscribed Journals . He wrote two books on the model of Sedulius , but their feeble little verses ca n't stand on their feet at all , since for lack of understanding he put short syllables for long ones and long for short .