单词 | unrounding |
释义 | > as lemmasunˈrounding unˈrounding n. Phonetics the action or process of reducing or eliminating rounding (rounding n.3 5b). [Compare German Entrundung (frequently from 1884 or earlier in phonetics; 1863 or earlier in a medical context with reference to a change in form of the pupil of the eye).] ΘΚΠ the mind > language > linguistics > study of speech sound > speech sound > vowel > [noun] > types of > articulation of rounding1833 labialism1869 labialization1869 obscuring1873 raising1874 unrounding1874 reduction1885 delabialization1907 r-colour1935 centralization1939 vowel-laxing1977 1874 H. Sweet in Trans. Philol. Soc. 1873–4 15 475 Vowel-rounding: rounding of back [vowels]; unrounding of front. 1935 C. Brooks Relation Alabama-Georgia Dial. to Provinc. Dial. Great Brit. 23 It is of some importance therefore to note the dialect areas in which we are certain that the unrounding must have taken place. 1991 Word 42 34 Widespread occurrence of unrounding of front rounded vowels. < as lemmas |
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