half voweln.

Brit.

/ˈhɑːf ˌvaʊəl/,

/ˈhɑːf vaʊl/, U.S.

/ˈhæf ˌvaʊ(ə)l/

Forms: see half adj. and vowel n.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: half adj., vowel n.

Etymology: < half adj. + vowel n. Compare semivowel n.

Linguistics and Phonetics.

A speech sound which has qualities of both a vowel and a consonant; a letter representing such a sound; = semivowel n.In recent technical use the term refers to speech sounds such as /j/ and /w/, which are produced phonetically as vowels, but function as consonants within syllables.

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semivocal1530

semivowel1530

demi-vowel1611

vowel-consonant1669

semi-consonant1820

a1425 Medulla Gram. (Stonyhurst) f. 59^v Semiuocalis, half vowelle.

1577 B. Googe tr. C. Heresbach Foure Bks. Husbandry i. f. 11 Varro deuideth his husbandry necessaries into..vowels,..halfe vowels [L. Semiuocalia],..and mutes.

1696 W. T. Lily, Improved 47 How many half Vowels are there, and what is a half Vowel?

1753 M. Johnson Young Woman's Compan. 19 The Reason, however, of such Obscurity or Loss is, because l, n, and r are Liquids or Half Vowels, and have an imperfect Sound of their own.

1886 Hebraica 2 178 Of a hundred vowel-sounds nearly sixteen are half-vowels.

1978 Anthropos 73 563 Long vowels are followed by a dot except: when the vowel is preceded by a consonant + half vowel w or y.

2014 Dead Sea Discov. 21 222 The half-vowel was not replaced with a standard glottal stop but rather with a non-phonemic segment.

Derivatives

† half-vowelish adj. Obsolete of the nature of a semivowel.

1582 R. Mulcaster 1st Pt. Elementarie xvii. 110 The consonants be either mutes and close the sound, as, b. c. d. g. k. p. q. t. or half vowellish as, f. l. m. n. r. s. x. z. which hauing the help of a vowell to begin their force continew it themselues a great while after.

a1637 B. Jonson Eng. Gram. i. iv, in Wks. (1640) III L Is a Letter halfe-vowellish.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2022).

单词	half vowel
释义	half voweln. Brit. /ˈhɑːf ˌvaʊəl/, /ˈhɑːf vaʊl/, U.S. /ˈhæf ˌvaʊ(ə)l/ Forms: see half adj. and vowel n. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: half adj., vowel n. Etymology: < half adj. + vowel n. Compare semivowel n. Linguistics and Phonetics. A speech sound which has qualities of both a vowel and a consonant; a letter representing such a sound; = semivowel n.In recent technical use the term refers to speech sounds such as /j/ and /w/, which are produced phonetically as vowels, but function as consonants within syllables. ΘΠ the mind > language > linguistics > study of speech sound > speech sound > vowel > [noun] > semi-vowel semivocal1530 semivowel1530 demi-vowel1611 vowel-consonant1669 semi-consonant1820 a1425 Medulla Gram. (Stonyhurst) f. 59^v Semiuocalis, half vowelle. 1577 B. Googe tr. C. Heresbach Foure Bks. Husbandry i. f. 11 Varro deuideth his husbandry necessaries into..vowels,..halfe vowels [L. Semiuocalia],..and mutes. 1696 W. T. Lily, Improved 47 How many half Vowels are there, and what is a half Vowel? 1753 M. Johnson Young Woman's Compan. 19 The Reason, however, of such Obscurity or Loss is, because l, n, and r are Liquids or Half Vowels, and have an imperfect Sound of their own. 1886 Hebraica 2 178 Of a hundred vowel-sounds nearly sixteen are half-vowels. 1978 Anthropos 73 563 Long vowels are followed by a dot except: when the vowel is preceded by a consonant + half vowel w or y. 2014 Dead Sea Discov. 21 222 The half-vowel was not replaced with a standard glottal stop but rather with a non-phonemic segment. Derivatives † half-vowelish adj. Obsolete of the nature of a semivowel. Π 1582 R. Mulcaster 1st Pt. Elementarie xvii. 110 The consonants be either mutes and close the sound, as, b. c. d. g. k. p. q. t. or half vowellish as, f. l. m. n. r. s. x. z. which hauing the help of a vowell to begin their force continew it themselues a great while after. a1637 B. Jonson Eng. Gram. i. iv, in Wks. (1640) III L Is a Letter halfe-vowellish. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2022). < n.a1425
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