单词 | paroxytonize |
释义 | paroxytonizev. rare. transitive. To make a (word) paroxytonic; to pronounce or write with the stress on the penultimate syllable. Cf. paroxytone v. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > linguistics > study of speech sound > speech sound > intonation, pitch, or stress > [verb (transitive)] > paroxytone paroxytone1890 paroxytonize1904 1904 N.E.D. at Paroxytone a. and sb. Paroxytonize, to accent on the penultimate syllable. 1930 Language 6 74 In Greek compounded nomina agentis are oxytonized and nomina actionis are paroxytonized. Derivatives paˌroxytoniˈzation n. [compare French paroxytonaison paroxytonization (1908)] rare ΘΚΠ the mind > language > linguistics > study of speech sound > speech sound > intonation, pitch, or stress > [noun] > accent > stress accent > specific rhetorical accent1728 suppression1751 recession1855 thought accent1897 stress maximum1908 fall-rise1921 promotion1956 paroxytonization1973 1973 A. H. Sommerstein Sound Pattern Anc. Greek v. 177 This rule..changes all properispomenon words ending in -ks to paroxytones: (221) Paroxytonization. [+sharp] → [−falling]/——C0Vks[+WB.]. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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