A word boundary preceded or followed by a pause is called an external open juncture.

This is where the problem of internal open juncture (usually just called 'juncture' for short) becomes apparent.

An obvious question to be asked in relation to juncture is whether 'internal open juncture' can actually be heard.

When pronounced without a pause between words (internal open juncture), phrases which differ in meaning and spelling may share a similar pronunciation.

'Open Juncture"' is marked by word space.

If there is no pause, so that words on either side of the juncture are run together, the boundary is called an internal open juncture.

It is voiceless and aspirated [k'] before an obstruent or open juncture.

Also known as open juncture, this is subdivided into internal open juncture and external open juncture.

This difference helps French-speakers distinguish between liaised consonants, pronounced as if before open juncture, and regular onset consonants, pronounced as if before closed juncture.

This implies that liaison, like enchainement, is restricted by open juncture, and in general, resyllabified consonants maintain their articulatory traits as if not in onset position (see below for examples).

Fausto Cercignani, The Reduplicating Syllable and Internal Open Juncture in Gothic, in "Zeitschrift für vergleichende Sprachforschung", 93/1, 1979, pp.

The problem lies in deciding what the relationship is between and ; since we do not usually pause between words, there is no silence (or external open juncture) to indicate word division and to justify the space left in the transcription.