单词 lenition 释义 BETA

Examples oflenition

Dictionary> Examples oflenitionlenitionisn’t in the Cambridge Dictionary yet. You can help!Add a definitionIn other words, they occur more frequently and are more likely to undergo processes such aslenition, deletion, and assimilation than other place types.From theCambridge English CorpusThere are alsolenitionprocesses affecting unstressed vowels.From theCambridge English CorpusThis means that the possiblelenitiontrajectories which would be worthy of consideration for /t/ and /k/ are as in (11).From theCambridge English CorpusThere is of course no suggestion that every language will necessarily exhibit distributional orlenitionasymmetries between different consonantal positions within a foot.From theCambridge English CorpusFirst, itslenitionpatterns have not been the subject of much close phonetic analysis.From theCambridge English CorpusThis forces us to consider the sense in which speakers might be said to be implementing a process of 'lenition'.From theCambridge English CorpusThe availability of, and reference to, a phonological grammar may also assist in accounting for variable output in terms of degree and locus oflenition.From theCambridge English CorpusThis indicates that word-initial position is potentially not the position which is most likely to inhibitlenition.From theCambridge English CorpusWhile these considerations are important, they can and often do ignore the ways in which the melodic environment affects the likelihood oflenition.From theCambridge English CorpusThe patterns found in connection with thelenitionof /k/ are similar to those exhibited by /t/, but there are certain clear differences.From theCambridge English CorpusHigh frequency use of grammatical functors causes theirlenitionand erosion.From theCambridge English CorpusAbsence of such bursts, therefore, is a major indicator oflenition.From theCambridge English CorpusMany appear as all-or-nothing categorizations of an outcome, failing to account for the fine granularity and analog nature oflenitionshown in the present study.From theCambridge English CorpusSo a novel form may undergolenitionif that form closely resembles a form which regularly exhibits thelenitionin question.From theCambridge English CorpusWhen glottal replacement proper began to become established, t-to-r ceased to be the dominantlenitionprocess.From theCambridge English CorpusTo carry out this goal, a quantitative construct oflenitionis required-a hypothetical latent variable, but one that is well-grounded in observable reality.From theCambridge English CorpusIt is also quite certain that the fricative output of thelenitionof /t/ was not, in fact, a canonical grooved alveolar fricative.From theCambridge English CorpusOn the one hand, a constraint against perceptual confusion, given the existing phoneme inventory, likely inhibitslenitionof nonvelar consonants.From theCambridge English Corpus

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