| 单词 | svarabhakti vowel |
| 释义 | > as lemmassvarabhakti vowel The process by which a parasitic vowel is inserted between two consonants. Usually attributive, esp. as svarabhakti vowel. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > linguistics > study of speech sound > speech sound > [noun] > insertion of parasitic sound svarabhakti1880 parasite1888 parasiting1888 1880 A. H. Sayce Introd. Sci. of Lang. I. 317 The insertion..of vowels..goes under the technical name of Swarabhakti. This name was imported from the Hindu grammarians by Johannes Schmidt. 1880 A. H. Sayce Introd. Sci. of Lang. I. 318 Prosthesis, or prothesis..is another illustration of Swarabhakti. 1888 J. E. King & C. Cookson Princ. Sound & Inflexion Greek & Lat. 70 The same indeterminate vowel appears in Sk., where it is called a svarabhakti vowel. 1908 Indogerm. Forsch. XXIII. 254 The -i- of pulisa- and the second -u- of puruṣ̌a are svarabhakti-vowels. 1942 Amer. Speech 17 100 A short vowel in E before r + a velar is lowered to [ɑ] in the dialect and a svarabhakti [ i] develops between the r and the velar. 1977 F. Collinson in Campbell & Collinson Hebridean Folksongs II. 257 The variation of rhythm or melody arising from the presence of a svarabhakti vowel is of constant occurrence in most of the songs. < as lemmas |
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