单词 | spirant |
例句 | Later, as Latin did not use for the consonant written as v in vis, &c. , was dropped and received a new special value in Latin as representative of the unvoiced labio-dental spirant. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 1 "Evangelical Church Conference" to "Fairbairn, Sir William" 2011-07-16T02:00:16.387Z It is classed as a surd spirant, its corresponding sonant spirant being v, which is distinguished from f by being pronounced with voice instead of breath, as may be perceived by pronouncing ef, ev. The New Gresham Encyclopedia Volume 4, Part 3: Estremoz to Felspar 2011-04-14T02:00:59.373Z G is the soft spirant, not used in English. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 8 "Dubner" to "Dyeing" 2010-12-26T03:00:17.840Z We find that b, d, g were used initially to denote the voiced stops, but medially and finally they represent spirants, the voiced stops in this case being denoted by c, p, t. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 5 "Cat" to "Celt" When the lips are not tightly closed the sound produced is not a stop, but a spirant like the English w. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 1 "Austria, Lower" to "Bacon" Associated words: spirant, fricative, surd, sibilant. conspicuous, a. salient, noticeable, prominent, manifest. Putnam's Word Book The spirants þ and ð are represented by th and d, as being more familiar to readers unacquainted with the original. The Edda, Volume 1 The Divine Mythology of the North, Popular Studies in Mythology, Romance, and Folklore, No. 12 Examples of such “spirants” or “fricatives,” as they are called, are s and z and y. Language An Introduction to the Study of Speech That the spirant J was in all cases pronounced as Y there is scarcely room for doubt. The History of Roman Literature From the earliest period to the death of Marcus Aurelius In Late Latin there was a tendency to this spirant pronunciation which appears as early as the beginning of the 2nd century A.D.; by the 3rd century b and consonantal u are inextricably confused. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 1 "Austria, Lower" to "Bacon" The vowels tend to become higher or lower, the diphthongs tend to coalesce into monophthongs, the voiceless consonants tend to become voiced, stops tend to become spirants. Language An Introduction to the Study of Speech |
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