sonorant
/ˈsɒn(ə)r(ə)nt
/ /səˈnɔːr(ə)nt /noun Phonetics
A sound produced with the vocal cords so positioned that spontaneous voicing is possible; a vowel, a glide, or a liquid or nasal consonant.She also found a sex-linked effect with initial sonorants vs. obstruents: obstruents were hotter on males, sonorants on females, though only the female effect was significant....
- Voiced obstruents can stand only before vowels, sonorants and voiced obstruents in the same word.
- If there were minimal pairs, we would have to conclude that voiced and voiceless sonorants are separate phonemes.
Origin
1930s: from sonorous + -ant.
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