单词 | contoid |
释义 | contoidadj.n. Linguistics. A. adj. Consonant-like; of consonantal character; esp. as contrasted with vocoid adj. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > linguistics > study of speech sound > speech sound > consonant > [adjective] consonant1751 consonantal1795 consonantic1863 contoid1943 1943 K. L. Pike Phonetics v. 78 Vocoid and contoid groups are strictly delineated by the articulatory and acoustic nature of sounds. 1958 C. F. Hockett Course in Mod. Linguistics vii. 67 Consonant-like or contoid effects. B. n. A speech sound of the consonantal type. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > linguistics > study of speech sound > speech sound > consonant > [noun] consonant1603 mutable1767 articulation1849 supradental1881 contoid1943 non-vocoid1943 1943 K. L. Pike Phonetics vii. 143 Contoids include stops, fricative nasals, lateral resonant orals, and central fricative orals. 1957 H. 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. 1958 C. F. Hockett Course in Mod. Linguistics 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. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1972; most recently modified version published online June 2018). < |
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