From 30d044d6e0deef9ec1e9287ee5b6a48d8f3d42c3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Sebastian Bauer <75776786+yax-lakam-tuun@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Mon, 22 Jan 2024 20:43:46 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] [#29] Working on syncope

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 terminology/terminology.tex | 9 +++++++++
 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+)

diff --git a/terminology/terminology.tex b/terminology/terminology.tex
index 780edd5..9f0e819 100644
--- a/terminology/terminology.tex
+++ b/terminology/terminology.tex
@@ -632,6 +632,15 @@ \section{Transcribing of Maya texts}
     \item Reconstructed sounds based on historical, internal, or paleographic evidence are 
           represented in [square brackets]
 \end{itemize}
+\subsection{Syncope}
+% LTeX: enabled=false
+Syncope means that a segment in a word is omitted in the written script.
+For example, the mid-vowel \mayan{o} or \mayan{u} in the Mayan noun \mayan{ahk'ot?/ahk'ut} 
+for the English word \english{dance} gets elided when the noun is verbalized.
+The intransitive verb \mayan{ahk't-} (e.g. \mayan{ahk'taj} for \english{to dance})
+doesn't contain the inner vowel anymore.
+The phoneme has been syncopated.
+% LTeX: enabled=true
 
 
 \end{document}