question: public String splitAllophoneString ( String allophoneString ) { List < String > phones = splitIntoAllophoneList ( allophoneString , true ) ; StringBuilder pronunciation = new StringBuilder ( ) ; for ( String a : phones ) { if ( pronunciation . length ( ) > 0 ) pronunciation . append ( " " ) ; pronunciation . append ( a ) ; } return pronunciation . toString ( ) ; }
target:  Split allophone string into a list of allophone symbols. Include stress markers (',) and syllable boundaries (-), skip space characters.