| 释义 |
spirantization|ˌspaɪərəntaɪˈzeɪʃən|
[f. next: see -ization.]
Making into a spirant; development of a spirantal pronunciation. Also attrib.
1911Amer. Jrnl. Philol. XXXII. 37 Breath stress was weaker here than in Germanic, where spirantization took place in spite of the escape of breath in a preceding nasal. 1939Language XV. 64 The second point..is the problem of the spirantization of ungeminated non-emphatic stopped consonants. 1973J. M. Anderson Structural Aspects Lang. Change 209 A second spirantization rule converted [ǧ] → [ž] through loss of occlusion. 1977Trans. Philol. Soc. 1975 11 There is no principled way to separate a rule like the spirantization of intervocalic /b d g/ in Spanish from German obstruent devoicing or OE verbal ablaut. |