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单词 semivowel
例句 semivowel
The orthography also, in its more sparing use of the semivowels to indicate the vowels u and i, resembles that of the Bible. The Covenanters of Damascus; A Hitherto Unknown Jewish Sect
The diphthongal sound in roi is the vowel o + the semivowel w. A Handbook of the English Language
All other consonants are semivowels, and are pronounced with a continuous sound. Orthography As Outlined in the State Course of Study for Illinois
The consonants are divided, with respect to their powers, into semivowels and mutes. The Grammar of English Grammars
U and V are now, however, differentiated, U being used only as a vowel or semivowel, and V only as a consonant. The Gutenberg Webster's Unabridged Dictionary Section T, U, V, and W
These elementary sounds are either vowels, semivowels, or mutes. Aristotle on the art of poetry
In roi the semivowel element precedes, in oil it follows. A Handbook of the English Language
The effect of the semivowel y, taken with the instability of the combination ew, accounts for the tendency to pronounce dew as if written jew. A Handbook of the English Language
A semivowel is a consonant which can be imperfectly sounded without a vowel, so that at the end of a syllable its sound may be protracted; as, l, n, z, in al, an, az. The Grammar of English Grammars
The Germans, who used it as the semivowel y, have perverted it from its original power less than the English have done, who sound it dzh. A Handbook of the English Language
In German the semivowel sound is spelt with j. A Handbook of the English Language
From these the semivowels w and y make a transition to the consonants v and the so-called aspirate of g, respectively. A Handbook of the English Language
It grew out of the Greek υ, a vowel, and no semivowel. A Handbook of the English Language
Four of the semivowels,—l, m, n, and r,—are termed liquids, on account of the fluency of their sounds; and four others,—v, w, y, and z,—are likewise more vocal than the aspirates. The Grammar of English Grammars
In these words the i represents the semivowel y, into which the original g was changed. A Handbook of the English Language
To be consistent, the attempters of this reformation should never speak of vowels or consonants, semivowels or mutes; because they judge the terms inappropriate, and the classification absurd. The Grammar of English Grammars
The semivowels, also, although flat, admit of being followed by a sharp consonant. A Handbook of the English Language
They should therefore adhere strictly to their "tonics, subtonics, and atonics;" which classes, though apparently the same as vowels, semivowels, and mutes, are better adapted to their new and peculiar division of these elements. The Grammar of English Grammars
Aristotle, three hundred and thirty years before Christ, divided the Greek letters into vowels, semivowels, and mutes, and declared that no syllable could be formed without a vowel. The Grammar of English Grammars
Nay, this grammatist makes b, not a labial mute, as Walker, Webster, Cobb, and others, have called it, but a nasal subtonic, or semivowel. The Grammar of English Grammars
What letters are reckoned semivowels? and how many of these are aspirates? The Grammar of English Grammars
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