Does the "Dark L" appear at the end of a syllable or a word?

I have an older book for learning English but it is in Romanian language and the author says that the dark l sound appears in the final position. I'm not sure what he means by "final position."
For example, in the name Alison / ˈæl ə sən / the first syllable should be the dark L. So, that means that the "dark l" sound doesn't need to be at the end of the word, but at the end of a syllable. Am I right?

Zoli said:

I have an old er book for learning English, but it is in Romanian language and the author says that the dark L sound appears in the final position. I'm not sure what he means by "final position."
For example, in the name Alison / ˈæl ə sən / the first syllable should be have the dark L. So, that means that the "dark L" sound doesn't need to be at the end of the word, but at the end of a syllable. Am I right?

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I don't know if that is an absolute rule. I can tell you that the L in Alison is not a dark L.

teechar said:

I can tell you that the L in Alison is not a dark L.

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I think that's because l is followed by a vowel.

Dark l is followed by a consonant or it is final.

Girl = dark l
Girl + s (consonant) = dark l

Little = the first "l" is a light "l" and second is a dark "l".

I'm just wondering if the "dark l" loses its quality of being a "dark l" when linked with another word that starts with a vowel, for example:

Tell‿us.

It does.

When you write the letter "L" on its own, it's always a good idea to use a capital "L". The problem with using a lower-case "l" is that it can look like a capital "i".