That branch of etymology which treats of the division of words into syllables.
22. How many methods of Syllabication are there?
Two.
23. What are they?
English and American.
24. What is the object of the English method?
To separate words into their elementary parts without regard to pronunciation; as, a-tom.
25. What is the object of the American method?
To indicate the proper pronunciation by separating affixes from the roots.
26. What is a word of one syllable called?