Two or more
segments are tautosyllabic (with each other) if they occur in the same
syllable
A syllable is a unit of organization for a sequence of speech sounds typically made up of a syllable nucleus (most often a vowel) with optional initial and final margins (typically, consonants). Syllables are often considered the phonological "bu ...
. For instance, the English word "cat", , is
monosyllabic and so its three phonemes , and are tautosyllabic. They can also be described as sharing a 'tautosyllabic distribution'.
Phonemes that are not tautosyllabic are heterosyllabic. For example, in the English word "mustard" , and are heterosyllabic since they are members of different syllables.
See also
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Ambisyllabicity
A syllable is a unit of organization for a sequence of speech sounds typically made up of a syllable nucleus (most often a vowel) with optional initial and final margins (typically, consonants). Syllables are often considered the phonological "bu ...
, sounds that are arguably shared between two syllables (such as 'rr' in British English "hurry")
References
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Phonotactics
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