Junction (phonology)
In phonology , juncture (from Latin iunctura = connect, join together) is the type of connection or transition between the individual phonemes in their syntagmatic sequence. In order for junctions to be relevant to a language or a phonological system, there must be at least two different such transitions. As a rule, they are not realized by an audible sound. An example of different junctions can be found in the two German homographs"Around · drive around" - the sentence "Please drive around the obstacle, do not drive around it." Shows that at the point marked with "·" in one case there is a stronger bond than in the other, two different junctions make the two words different, and cause or explain both their different pronunciation in the infinitive and their different conjugation .
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- ↑ Elmar Ternes: Introduction to Phonology . Wissenschaftliche Buchgesellschaft, Darmstadt 1987, ISBN 3-534-09576-6 , pp. 180-188