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114 Bogus clusters, syllabic consonants and vowel syncope. . .process in question crucially relies on the stress pattern. 8 Finally and mostimportantly, the syncope depends on the identity of the consonant immediatelyfollowing the syncope site. Interestingly enough, it is always a resonant.Thus, forms like, for example, [ ® refr«ns], [ ® tSkl«t] or [ ® sepr«t], etc., satisfythe three requirements. The most remarkable contribution, however,is the latter observation, i.e. the obligatory presence of the sonorant in thesecond position of the relevant clusters. On the one hand, the presenceof the sonorant in this position must be treated as a mere accident as itdoes not play any active role in either a ‘static’ or ‘dynamic’ bogus cluster.On the other hand, however, its presence in this position is obligatory. Inother words, bogus clusters are clusters which resemble branching onsetsin that they usually consist of an obstruent followed by a sonorant, e.g.[ ® medli], [ ® pr«], [ ® tSkl«t], etc. Note that two-obstruent clusters, even if theysatisfy the first two conditions mentioned above, cannot witness a vowelsyncope, as is confirmed by the ungrammaticality of the following forms:bracketing *[ ® brÏktIN], gossiping *[ ® gspIN], menacing *[ ® mensIN]. From this itfollows that the role played by sonorants is underestimated.Interestingly enough, Harris (1994) and Szigetvári (2002)point to the fact that besides unsyncopated and fully syncopated variantsthere is a third option, one which contains a syllabic consonant, e.g. [ ® p ®r«],[I ® speS®li], [ ® päÉs ®n®l]. It has already been mentioned in the body of this workthat sonorants have the ability to dock on to the preceding or the followingnucleus, giving rise to syllabic and trapped consonants respectively.The general ability of sonorants, however, should be increased as theyare also responsible for the appearance of syncope-related bogus clusters.Table (9) quoted from Harris (1994:185) and slightly modified offerssome more illustration of the facts discussed so far.(9)a.separatetemperatureelaboratefactoryboundarychocolatemysteryreferenceawfully[ ® sepr«t][ ® tempr«tS«]][I ® lÏbr«t][ ® fÏktri][ ® baUndri][ ® tSkl«t][ ® mIstri][ ® refr«ns][ ® OÉfli]bmiseryeverysurgerynurserycameraprisonerdefiniteopener[ ® mIzri][ ® evri][ ® säÉdZri][ ® näÉsri][ ® kÏmr«][ ® prIzn«][ ® defn«t][ ® «Upn«]8Harris (1994) indicates that if the post-tonic nucleus is followed by a secondarystressednucleus occurring in an independent foot, syncope does not take place. It followsthat the syncope is possible in the adjective [ ® sepr«t], but it is not allowed in thedifferently stressed verb [ ® sep«®reIt], see also Szigetvári (2002).