coda (n.) (Co)

A term used in PHONETICS and PHONOLOGY to refer to the portion of a SYLLABLE which may follow the syllabic NUCLEUS, e.g. the /p/ of  ‘cup’. A distinction is sometimes drawn between ‘simple’ syllabic codas (containing only one segment) and ‘complex’ codas (containing more than one segment). Restrictions on the segments or features which may occur in coda position are known as coda constraints. Derived forms include NOCODA, used in OPTIMALITY THEORY for a syllable ending in a VOWEL.