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This image is a diagram illustrating the Sonority Sequencing Principle in phonology. It features a graph plotted on a white background.

On the far left side, there is a vertical dashed black arrow pointing upward. Next to it, the text "Increasing Sonority" is written vertically, indicating that higher positions on the graph represent sounds with greater sonority (loudness or resonance). Along the bottom of the image, three labels mark the structural components of a syllable from left to right: "Onset," "Nucleus," and "Coda."

The central part of the diagram consists of an inverted V-shape formed by two lines:

1.  **A solid blue line:** This line traces a path through specific phonemes (speech sounds).
    *   It begins at the bottom left, under the label "Onset," marked with a blue lowercase letter "p".
    *   The line rises steeply to a point labeled with a blue lowercase letter "l".
    *   From there, it continues rising slightly less steeply to reach the peak of the graph. This peak is located directly above the word "Nucleus" and is marked by a blue Greek capital Lambda symbol ($\Lambda$).
    *   The line then descends to a point labeled with a blue lowercase letter "m".
    *   Finally, it drops down sharply to the bottom right under the label "Coda," ending at another blue lowercase letter "p".

2.  **A dotted black line:** This line connects the starting point ("p"), the peak ($\Lambda$), and the ending point ("p") in straight segments. It creates a perfect triangular shape underneath the solid blue line, likely representing an idealized sonority contour where the rise and fall are linear.

All labels for the specific sounds (p, l, $\Lambda$, m) are printed in blue text. The structural labels ("Onset," "Nucleus," "Coda") and the axis label ("Increasing Sonority") are printed in black text.
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