| 释义 |
ˈpre-final, n. and a.
[pre- B. 1.]
A. n. Linguistics. (See quot. 1933.) Cf. post-final.
1933L. Bloomfield Language viii. 132 English final clusters consist of two, three, or four non-syllabics. One can describe the combinations most simply by saying that each cluster consists of a main final consonant, which may be preceded by a pre-final, which in turn may be preceded by a second prefinal; further, the main final may be followed by a post-final. 1965Amer. Speech XL. 12 There is here no specification of finals with prefinals and post-finals.
B. adj. Preceding the final.
1957Publ. Amer. Dial. Soc. xxviii. 114 Each of the pre-final groups. |