palatalizationn.
/ˌpalətəlʌɪˈzeɪʃn/, /ˌpalətl̩ʌɪˈzeɪʃn/, U.S. /ˈˌpælədl̩əˈzeɪʃ(ə)n/, /ˈˌpælədlˌaɪˈzeɪʃ(ə)n/ Phonetics.
The modification of a speech sound into a palatal sound.
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palatalization1863
depalatalization1952
1863 R. Lepsius Standard Alphabet (ed. 2) 159 The palatalisation of r has..in several..Sclavonic languages, passed into a slight assibilation.
1869 A. J. Ellis On Early Eng. Pronunc. I. i. iii. 206 The palatalisation of a consonant.
1901 Mod. Lang. Notes 16 125/1 The horizontal stroke, when used to prepresent palatalization of the letter n, is transcribed as a tilde.
1955 Sci. Amer. Aug. 79/1 The introduction of a y sound before a vowel is called palatalization, because in pronouncing y the tongue is humped up toward the palate.
1991 Eng. Today 7 52/2 One notices..the slow but real progress of palatalization (<tu> and <du> spellings) in the following words: situation [ˌsitʃuˈeɪʃn], mature [məˈtʃʊə], [etc.].
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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