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lenis, a. and n. Phonology.|ˈliːnɪs|
[a. L. lēnis soft.]
A. adj. Of one of two or more homorganic consonants: articulated with less energy. Opp. fortis B. adj.
1929G. K. Zipf in Harvard Stud. Classical Philol. XL. 63 Then, if our theory be true, the German p must be fortis, the German b lenis. Ibid. 64, I hazard the guess..that the same condition of lenis-fortis obtains there also. 1962,1964[see fortis B. adj.]. 1969Word XXV. 20, l is sometimes realized as a very lenis unreleased t and ŋ as a nasalized vowel. 1971F. W. Householder Ling. Speculations xi. 206 In Iranian Azerbaijani..the back velar stop is normally lenis only, unopposed by any fortis aspirated [k].
B. n. (pl. -es). A lenis consonant.
1932W. L. Graff Lang. vii. 274 In Alsace people..of French tongue often pronounce voiceless sounds or lenes as in Southern German. 1933L. Bloomfield Lang. 99 Pressure and action are gentle in lenes, vigorous in fortes... In English the unvoiced stops are aspirated fortes, but other types occur as non-distinctive variants, notably the unaspirated lenis type after [s]. 1935G. K. Zipf Psycho-Biol. of Lang. iii. 63 In the voiceless fortes and the voiceless lenes we have stops which differ appreciably in magnitude. 1965Amer. Speech XL. 7 Four groupings within the lenes. |