单词 | postvocalically |
释义 | > as lemmaspostvocalically postvocalically adv. Brit. /ˌpəʊs(t)və(ʊ)ˈkalᵻkli/ , U.S. /ˌpoʊs(t)voʊˈkælək(ə)li/ , /ˌpoʊs(t)vəˈkælək(ə)li/ ΘΚΠ the mind > language > linguistics > study of speech sound > speech sound > vowel > [adverb] vocally1871 prevocalically1943 intervocalically1950 postvocalically1957 1957 C. M. Wise Appl. Phonetics iii. xviii. 378 Postvocalically, the sound is often further weakened to a mere friction of the airstream passing between the back of the tongue and the soft palate at the point of the uvula. 1964 R. H. Robins Gen. Linguistics iii. 101 In Scots English, /r/ occurs both prevocalically and postvocalically (cart, standard /kaːt/, Scots /kart/). 1990 Canad. Jrnl. Linguistics 35 343 An already existing trend in the Chinese language towards simplifying the structure and composition of the syllable, beginning with the loss of Old Chinese initial consonant clusters in the modern dialects..and ending with a gradual reduction of what segments may occur post-vocalically. < as lemmas |
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