单词 | yod-coalescence |
释义 | > as lemmasyod-coalescence yod-coalescence n. Phonetics the palatalization of the sounds /dj/, /tj/, /sj/, and /zj/ into /dʒ/, /tʃ/, /ʃ/, and /ʒ/, in some varieties of English. ΚΠ 1982 J. C. Wells Accents of English II. v. 435 Yod Coalescence in stressed syllables is common in Dublin..; dew = due = Jew. 2010 S. Clarke Newfoundland & Labrador Eng. ii. 62 This is 'yod-coalescence', or the fusion of the stop and glide into the corresponding palatal affricates [ʧ] and [ʤ]. Thus tune may sound like 'choon' and dune, like 'June'. < as lemmas |
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