Even though we have asserted that the typical function of vowels is to be the nucleus of the syllable, sometimes consonants can also have that function.
When the weak vowel /ə/ is between a FRICATIVE or PLOSIVE and a NASAL, the LATERAL or the POST ALVEOLAR APPROXIMANT, it is usually elided in rapid connected speech. This process leads to syllabic value of the second consonants, which become the nucleus of the syllable since they are the only element in it.
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