单词 | umlaut |
释义 | umlautn. Philology. a. A change in the sound of a vowel produced by partial assimilation to an adjacent sound (usually that of a vowel or semivowel in the following syllable); = mutation n. 5c. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > linguistics > study of speech sound > speech sound > sound changes > [noun] > umlaut modification1845 umlaut1852 mutation1875 metaphony1894 umlauting1938 1844 T. H. Key Alphabet 169 The Influence of Assimilation. [Note] Sometimes called by Germans ‘umlaut’.] 1852 Proc. Philol. Soc. 5 200 The cognate languages clearly exhibit the fact, that the umlaut in these words has been produced by the weak vowel of a lost suffix. 1873 J. Earle Philol. Eng. Tongue (ed. 2) i. 130 The Umlaut of the Indo-European languages is a phenomenon of a different order. Here the vowel of the after-member of the word influences that which has gone before. b. The diacritical sign (¨) placed over a vowel to indicate that such a change has taken place. ΘΚΠ society > communication > writing > written character > [noun] > written character not a letter > diacritic > types of prickOE tittlec1384 acute accent1555 windabout1589 cerilla1591 cedilla1599 acute1609 circumflex1609 grave1609 diaeresis1611 dialysis1665 dot1693 short accent, mark1704 long mark1729 síneadh fada1768 macron1851 macrotone1880 tilde1915 umlaut1938 fada1981 ogonek1981 1938 H. Faulk Common-sense German Course 3 The so-called modified vowels are distinguished by the modification mark or umlaut(¨) on the vowel. 1952 M. Pei Story of Lang. i. ix. 93 English makes use of no subsidiary characters, save for the apostrophe. Many other languages use accent-marks, umlauts, cedillas. 1970 Computers & Humanities 4 340 Umlauts..and upper case letters are coded for proper computer typesetting. Derivatives umlaut v. transitive to make such a change. ΘΚΠ society > communication > writing > written character > represent by written character [verb (transitive)] > diacritic > type of diacritic circumflex1565 acute1609 circumflect1751 dagesh1751 dash1836 umlaut1976 the mind > language > linguistics > study of speech sound > speech sound > sound changes > [verb (transitive)] > umlaut modify1845 umlaut1976 1976 Language 52 154 Moulton..assumes that all instances of [a] were umlauted simultaneously to [ä]. 1983 Word 34 120 The color of prothetic vowels, unless and until umlauted by the next syllable, was that of the laryngeal which was vocalized. ˈumlauted adj. modified by umlaut; containing a vowel or vowels modified in this way. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > linguistics > study of speech sound > speech sound > sound changes > [adjective] > umlaut modifying1845 umlauted1852 modificatory1861 mutated1875 metaphonical1894 metaphonized1894 metaphonic1922 umlauting1938 1852 Proc. Philol. Soc. 5 200 In particular the umlaut-ed plurals appear not to have yet found a fitting explanation in English grammars. 1879 J. Earle Philol. Eng. Tongue (ed. 3) vii. 356 It should be observed that there is no natural connection between Umlauted forms and Plurality. ˈumlauting n. and adj. ΘΚΠ society > communication > writing > written character > [adjective] > diacritic > type of diacritic circumflexa1577 dashed1859 umlauting1938 the mind > language > linguistics > study of speech sound > speech sound > sound changes > [noun] > umlaut modification1845 umlaut1852 mutation1875 metaphony1894 umlauting1938 the mind > language > linguistics > study of speech sound > speech sound > sound changes > [adjective] > umlaut modifying1845 umlauted1852 modificatory1861 mutated1875 metaphonical1894 metaphonized1894 metaphonic1922 umlauting1938 society > communication > writing > written character > [noun] > written character not a letter > diacritic > types of > use of circumflexion1815 umlauting1938 1938 W. F. Twaddell in Monatschr. f. Deutschen Unterricht XXX. 177 The i, ī, or j which ‘caused’ the umlauting was no longer present in MHG. 1943 E. A. Nida Handbk. Descr. Ling. ii. v. 84 What changes the stems so materially is the umlauting produced by the e vowel of -et. 1977 Language 53 18 As a result of this second rule, back vowels are created on the surface which, unlike all the other back vowels, fail to umlaut in umlauting environments. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1921; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1852 |
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