nasalizingn.
/ˈneɪzəlʌɪzɪŋ/, /ˈneɪzl̩ʌɪzɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈneɪzəˌlaɪzɪŋ/ The action of making a speech sound nasal.
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1866 G. Stephens Old-Northern Runic Monuments I. i. 257 The..slurring and nasalizing and falling-away of the N in the later Scandinavian dialects.
1950 Systematic Zool. 1 86/1 I have postponed discussion of ‘non-essential’ marks, that is those which..indicate a diphthong or a nasalizing, but do not make of it a different letter.
1983 Jrnl. Speech & Hearing Disorders 48 93 Phonological evaluation..identified the prevalence of the following phonological patterns:..liquid deviations (omissions, gliding, stopping, nasalizing, and vowelizing); and glottal replacement.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
nasalizingadj.
/ˈneɪzəlʌɪzɪŋ/, /ˈneɪzl̩ʌɪzɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈneɪzəˌlaɪzɪŋ/ Having the effect of making a speech sound nasal.
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1888 H. Sweet Hist. Eng. Sounds (new ed.) 38 Nothing is more common than the nasalizing influence of a nasal on a preceding vowel.
1935 W. F. Twaddell in M. Joos Readings in Ling. I (1966) 58/2 The element..may be said to have an inherently..nasalizing..force.
1948 Speculum 23 338 Compare also McKenna..nasalizing n is prefixed to d.
1988 Renaissance Q. 41 280 Biagio Rossetti..described various deficiencies,..among them nasalizing vowels.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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