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This image is a graph illustrating the relationship between syllable structure and sonority, which refers to the loudness or resonance of speech sounds.

On the left side of the graph, there is a vertical dashed black line with an arrow pointing upward at the top. Beside this axis, the text reads "Increasing Sonority," indicating that points higher up on the graph represent more sonorous sounds. Along the bottom horizontal axis, three labels mark the structural parts of a syllable from left to right: "Onset," "Nucleus," and "Coda."

Two distinct lines are plotted on this grid:

1.  A solid blue line representing specific phonetic data. This line traces a path through five characters written in blue serif font:
    *   It begins at the bottom left corner, labeled with the letter "k". This point aligns vertically above the word "Onset."
    *   From there, it rises sharply to a point labeled with the capital letter "J".
    *   It continues upward, though less steeply, to reach its highest peak at the top center. This peak is labeled with the lowercase letter "i" (with a dot). This point aligns vertically above the word "Nucleus."
    *   From the peak, the line descends to the right, passing through the letter "m".
    *   It continues descending to end at the bottom right, labeled with the letter "z," which is positioned above the word "Coda."

2.  A black dotted line representing an idealized trajectory known as the Sonority Sequencing Principle.
    *   This line starts at the same point as the blue line ("k").
    *   It travels in a straight diagonal line upward to meet the peak at "i".
    *   From the peak, it continues in a straight diagonal line downward, extending past the end of the blue line and ending below the word "Coda."

The graph visually compares the actual sonority profile of a specific sequence (the blue line) against the theoretical ideal where sonority rises perfectly to the vowel nucleus and falls perfectly afterwards (the dotted line).
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