| 释义 |
contoid, a. and n. Linguistics.|ˈkɒntɔɪd|
[f. cont., shortening of consonant n. + -oid.]
A. adj. Consonant-like; of consonantal character; esp. as contrasted with vocoid a.
B. n. A speech sound of the consonantal type.
1943K. L. Pike Phonetics v. 78 Vocoid and contoid groups are strictly delineated by the articulatory and acoustic nature of sounds. Ibid. vii. 143 Contoids include stops, fricative nasals, lateral resonant orals, and central fricative orals. 1957H. J. Uldall in Hjelmslev & Uldall Outl. Glossematics 49 It is possible to regard long vocoids and contoids as manifestations of chains of identical vowels or consonants. 1958C. F. Hockett Course Mod. Ling. vii. 67 A contoid..is a sound involving clearly audible turbulence of the airstream at one point or another in the vocal tract, or else a complete interruption of the air stream. Use of the terms ‘vocoid’ and ‘contoid’ enables us to reserve the terms ‘vowel’ and ‘consonant’ as labels for structurally defined classes of phonemes in specific languages. Ibid., Consonant-like or contoid effects. |