Polysyllabicity

Pol`y`syl`la`bic´i`ty

Polysyllabism.

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, published 1913 by G. & C. Merriam Co.

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(20) Although neither Ting nor Sagart say as much, I think the real answer to the problem of polysyllabicity and the characters is that the "high" diglossic style has long involved monosyllabic character-readings, while much more diverse forms have existed in regional speech.

Common Chinese and early Chinese morphology

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