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alternance|ˈɔːl-, ˈæltənəns|
[Fr.: cf. alternate a. and n. and -ance.]
Alternation, variance. Chiefly in Philol.
J. Baudouin de Courtenay Versuch einer Theorie phonetischer Alternationem (1895) uses the German word Alternation in the sense illustr. by quots. 1934, 1935.
1921Times Lit. Suppl. 20 Oct. 676/2 There are..two tendencies or groups of tendencies which alternately dominate literature... His book..is the most coherent essay we have seen to attach this alternance to a psychological reality. 1934J. R. Firth in Le Maître phonétique XLVI. 45 Kruszewski, however, extended the term phoneme to include sound alternances associated with changes of morphological categories. 1935― in English Studies XVII. 11 Vowel alternance is also a very important morphological instrument in the strong conjugation of verbs. There are thirty vowel alternances for our babies to learn. 1957C. L. Wrenn in West & Kimber Deskb. Correct English p. vi, Doubt-provoking alternances in spelling or in grammatical usage. Ibid., The alternance of spellings and usages of all kinds has struck me very forcibly. |