| 释义 |
Definition of ablaut in English: ablautnoun ˈablaʊtˈæblaʊt mass nounAlternation in the vowels of related word forms, especially in Germanic strong verbs (e.g. in sing, sang, sung) as modifier an ablaut series Example sentencesExamples - You can't even distinguish between the preterite and participle Germanic ablauts of English.
- When ablaut is a regular feature of a language's grammar, it is often called vowel gradation.
- The Proto-Indo-European phonetics was not stable at all: ablauts (vowel interchanges), assimilations, many different consonant processes at the end of the word.
- There are various categories of this: rhyming, exact and ablaut (vowel substitution).
- It is the relationship between phonemic pitch and the nature of ablaut in standard Lithuanian which makes this clear.
Origin Mid 19th century: from German, from ab 'off' + Laut 'sound'. Definition of ablaut in US English: ablautnounˈæblaʊtˈablout A change of vowel in related words or forms, e.g., in Germanic strong verbs (e.g., in sing, sang, sung) as modifier an ablaut series Example sentencesExamples - You can't even distinguish between the preterite and participle Germanic ablauts of English.
- The Proto-Indo-European phonetics was not stable at all: ablauts (vowel interchanges), assimilations, many different consonant processes at the end of the word.
- When ablaut is a regular feature of a language's grammar, it is often called vowel gradation.
- There are various categories of this: rhyming, exact and ablaut (vowel substitution).
- It is the relationship between phonemic pitch and the nature of ablaut in standard Lithuanian which makes this clear.
Origin Mid 19th century: from German, from ab ‘off’ + Laut ‘sound’. |