sonantadj.n.

Brit.

/ˈsəʊnənt/, U.S.

/ˈsoʊnənt/

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymons: Latin sonant-, sonāns, sonāre.

Etymology: < classical Latin sonant-, sonāns, present participle of sonāre to sound (see sound v.¹). Compare earlier consonant adj., consonant n.

A. adj.

†1. Producing a sound; sonorous; resonant. Also: making sounds of a specified quality. Obsolete.

ΚΠ

1628 J. Jackson Ecclesiastes 12 There is the faith of the eare, and of the hand;..there is when the voyce is sonant, and the hand consonant.

1654 W. Charleton Physiologia Epicuro-Gassendo-Charltoniana iii. vi. 209 The whole Tune would..adumbrate with admirable variety of Colours, each one distinctly representing the particular Condition of that..sonant Body, that created it.

1770 Public Advertiser 31 Mar. 4/1 Clear as the Fountain Stream her Silver Words, And sweetly Sonant like the tuneful Chords.

1798 Phthisiologia 69 Lugubrious plaint, that steals Upon my ear..Destructive flies..now languid—or now sonant of distress.

2. Chiefly Phonetics.

a. Of a sound or letter: uttered using the vocal cords; voiced.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > language > linguistics > study of speech sound > speech sound > voiced or voiceless sound gen > [adjective] > voiced or voicing

vocal1668

sonant1808

vocalizing1809

vocular1812

voiced1850

phonetic1864

phonic1877

sonantizing1879

sonantic1892

sonorant1899

1808 C. Wilkins Gram. Sanskrĭta Lang. ii. 26 Any sonant letter whatever, whether vowel or consonant.

1846 M. Williams Elem. Gram. Sanscrit 14 Final a is changed to o before all sonant consonants.

1875 W. D. Whitney Life & Growth Lang. iv. 57 The conversion of a surd into its corresponding sonant sound.

1943 Geogr. Jrnl. 102 63 The Wu-dialects and the Hsiang group are characterized by their retaining ancient voiced or sonant initials like b-, d-, g-, v-, z-, etc.

1988 Hist. Linguistics 224 There is now good evidence that *h₃..assimilates to a preceding sonant consonant.

b. Syllabic; capable of forming a syllable, or of constituting the essential element of a syllable.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > language > linguistics > study of speech sound > speech sound > [adjective] > syllable > forming or constituting

syllabical1530

syllabic1728

sonant1862

sonantal1888

1862 W. D. Whitney in Jrnl. Amer. Oriental Soc. (1863) 7 348 Would it be allowable to suppose that..it was yet able, by a reminiscence of its former value, to exercise the phonetic influence of a sonant letter?

1876 C. P. Mason Eng. Gram. (ed. 21) §17 When two of the letters called vowels are written together to represent either a sonant diphthong or a simple vowel sound, we get a written diphthong or digraph.

1932 W. L. Graff Lang. & Langs. 56 The sound that possesses the highest degree of sonority in a syllable is called syllabic or sonant.

1957 C. L. Wrenn in Wiener Beiträge zur Englischen Philologie 65 255 The metrical value of a sonant or vocalic n in words like forbidd'n..and heav'n.

1992 Glotta 70 185 We cannot subscribe to the idea of a pre-Mycenean hexameter..on the basis of..an alledgedly [sic] preserved trace of a sonant liquid.

B. n.

†1. That which produces a sound. Obsolete. rare.

ΚΠ

1654 W. Charleton Physiologia Epicuro-Gassendo-Charltoniana iii. vi. 220 As for the Motion of the Aer, after its Formation into a Sound, from the Sonant to the Ear, therein is one particular worthy the wonder even of Scholars.

2. Chiefly Phonetics.

a. A voiced sound or letter.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > language > linguistics > study of speech sound > speech sound > voiced or voiceless sound gen > [noun] > voiced sound

voice1648

sonant1808

voice sound1844

1808 C. Wilkins Gram. Sanskrĭta Lang. ii. 25 A sonant, followed by a surd, must be changed to a surd of its own class.

1849 J. R. Logan in Jrnl. Indian Archipel. & Eastern Asia 3 229 (heading) Surds into sonants differing both in their organic and aspirate classes.

1875 W. D. Whitney Life & Growth Lang. iv. 46 We have changed the first p into a different but closely kindred sound, its corresponding sonant b.

1929 G. A. Grierson Torwali ii. 10 When an aspirated surd (such, e.g., as th) is changed to a sonant, such a sonant is disaspirated, so that, e.g., the resultant of th, is d, not dh.

1972 B. Newton Generative Interpr. of Dial. vii. 203 A sibilant is predictably voiced before a sonant in underlying clusters.

2006 R. M. Paulraj Key Words of Kinship iii. xiii. 159 Pronouncing a consonant as a sonant when single, and as a surd when doubled.

b. A syllabic sound; (now usually) a syllabic consonant, or one that can be either syllabic or non-syllabic.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > language > linguistics > study of speech sound > speech sound > [noun] > syllabic sound

sonant1888

syllabic1890

the mind > language > linguistics > study of speech sound > speech sound > speech sound by manner > [noun] > sonant

resonant1845

sonant1888

1888 J. E. King & C. Cookson Princ. Sound & Inflexion Greek & Lat. i. v. 78 A diphthong is composed of a sonant or syllable-forming letter followed by a semivowel.

1893 N.E.D. at Consonant The use of the liquids and nasals as vowels or sonants.

1942 K. Malone in Mod. Lang. Q. Mar. 5 Traces of sonant-consonant opposition may be found in English liquids and nasals: thus Gardner/Gardiner.

1976 Archivum Linguisticum 7 93 It [sc. stød]..can fall on sonants as well as vowels (for example, [hwal'b], [sdor'g]; hvalpe, storke).

2003 M. S. Andronov Compar. Gram. of Dravidian Lang. i. 32 The medio-lingual palatal sonant [ñ] is also quite common in Dravidian.

Derivatives

soˈnantic adj. of the nature of a sonant.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > language > linguistics > study of speech sound > speech sound > voiced or voiceless sound gen > [adjective] > voiced or voicing

vocal1668

sonant1808

vocalizing1809

vocular1812

voiced1850

phonetic1864

phonic1877

sonantizing1879

sonantic1892

sonorant1899

1892 Classical Rev. May 189/2 The sonantic function of the..nasals.

1938 Bull. School Oriental Stud. 9 569 The contemporary pronunciation..permits a sonantic final.

2003 Anthropol. Linguistics 45 454 Suffixes containing a labial or dental stop refer to nonhuman classes, whereas purely sonantic suffixes are restricted to human classes.

ˈsonantizing adj. rare that converts a sound, etc., into a sonant.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > language > linguistics > study of speech sound > speech sound > voiced or voiceless sound gen > [adjective] > voiced or voicing

vocal1668

sonant1808

vocalizing1809

vocular1812

voiced1850

phonetic1864

phonic1877

sonantizing1879

sonantic1892

sonorant1899

1879 W. D. Whitney Sanskrit Gram. 37 Vowels and semivowels and nasals exercise a sonantizing influence.

1953 Internat. Jrnl. Amer. Linguistics 19 36/2 The sonantizing influence of certain suffixes.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2017; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	sonant
释义	sonantadj.n. Brit. /ˈsəʊnənt/, U.S. /ˈsoʊnənt/ Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymons: Latin sonant-, sonāns, sonāre. Etymology: < classical Latin sonant-, sonāns, present participle of sonāre to sound (see sound v.¹). Compare earlier consonant adj., consonant n. A. adj. †1. Producing a sound; sonorous; resonant. Also: making sounds of a specified quality. Obsolete. ΚΠ 1628 J. Jackson Ecclesiastes 12 There is the faith of the eare, and of the hand;..there is when the voyce is sonant, and the hand consonant. 1654 W. Charleton Physiologia Epicuro-Gassendo-Charltoniana iii. vi. 209 The whole Tune would..adumbrate with admirable variety of Colours, each one distinctly representing the particular Condition of that..sonant Body, that created it. 1770 Public Advertiser 31 Mar. 4/1 Clear as the Fountain Stream her Silver Words, And sweetly Sonant like the tuneful Chords. 1798 Phthisiologia 69 Lugubrious plaint, that steals Upon my ear..Destructive flies..now languid—or now sonant of distress. 2. Chiefly Phonetics. a. Of a sound or letter: uttered using the vocal cords; voiced. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > linguistics > study of speech sound > speech sound > voiced or voiceless sound gen > [adjective] > voiced or voicing vocal1668 sonant1808 vocalizing1809 vocular1812 voiced1850 phonetic1864 phonic1877 sonantizing1879 sonantic1892 sonorant1899 1808 C. Wilkins Gram. Sanskrĭta Lang. ii. 26 Any sonant letter whatever, whether vowel or consonant. 1846 M. Williams Elem. Gram. Sanscrit 14 Final a is changed to o before all sonant consonants. 1875 W. D. Whitney Life & Growth Lang. iv. 57 The conversion of a surd into its corresponding sonant sound. 1943 Geogr. Jrnl. 102 63 The Wu-dialects and the Hsiang group are characterized by their retaining ancient voiced or sonant initials like b-, d-, g-, v-, z-, etc. 1988 Hist. Linguistics 224 There is now good evidence that h₃..assimilates to a preceding sonant consonant. b. Syllabic; capable of forming a syllable, or of constituting the essential element of a syllable. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > linguistics > study of speech sound > speech sound > [adjective] > syllable > forming or constituting syllabical1530 syllabic1728 sonant1862 sonantal1888 1862 W. D. Whitney in Jrnl. Amer. Oriental Soc.* (1863) 7 348 Would it be allowable to suppose that..it was yet able, by a reminiscence of its former value, to exercise the phonetic influence of a sonant letter? 1876 C. P. Mason Eng. Gram. (ed. 21) §17 When two of the letters called vowels are written together to represent either a sonant diphthong or a simple vowel sound, we get a written diphthong or digraph. 1932 W. L. Graff Lang. & Langs. 56 The sound that possesses the highest degree of sonority in a syllable is called syllabic or sonant. 1957 C. L. Wrenn in Wiener Beiträge zur Englischen Philologie 65 255 The metrical value of a sonant or vocalic n in words like forbidd'n..and heav'n. 1992 Glotta 70 185 We cannot subscribe to the idea of a pre-Mycenean hexameter..on the basis of..an alledgedly [sic] preserved trace of a sonant liquid. B. n. †1. That which produces a sound. Obsolete. rare. ΚΠ 1654 W. Charleton Physiologia Epicuro-Gassendo-Charltoniana iii. vi. 220 As for the Motion of the Aer, after its Formation into a Sound, from the Sonant to the Ear, therein is one particular worthy the wonder even of Scholars. 2. Chiefly Phonetics. a. A voiced sound or letter. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > linguistics > study of speech sound > speech sound > voiced or voiceless sound gen > [noun] > voiced sound voice1648 sonant1808 voice sound1844 1808 C. Wilkins Gram. Sanskrĭta Lang. ii. 25 A sonant, followed by a surd, must be changed to a surd of its own class. 1849 J. R. Logan in Jrnl. Indian Archipel. & Eastern Asia 3 229 (heading) Surds into sonants differing both in their organic and aspirate classes. 1875 W. D. Whitney Life & Growth Lang. iv. 46 We have changed the first p into a different but closely kindred sound, its corresponding sonant b. 1929 G. A. Grierson Torwali ii. 10 When an aspirated surd (such, e.g., as th) is changed to a sonant, such a sonant is disaspirated, so that, e.g., the resultant of th, is d, not dh. 1972 B. Newton Generative Interpr. of Dial. vii. 203 A sibilant is predictably voiced before a sonant in underlying clusters. 2006 R. M. Paulraj Key Words of Kinship iii. xiii. 159 Pronouncing a consonant as a sonant when single, and as a surd when doubled. b. A syllabic sound; (now usually) a syllabic consonant, or one that can be either syllabic or non-syllabic. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > linguistics > study of speech sound > speech sound > [noun] > syllabic sound sonant1888 syllabic1890 the mind > language > linguistics > study of speech sound > speech sound > speech sound by manner > [noun] > sonant resonant1845 sonant1888 1888 J. E. King & C. Cookson Princ. Sound & Inflexion Greek & Lat. i. v. 78 A diphthong is composed of a sonant or syllable-forming letter followed by a semivowel. 1893 N.E.D. at Consonant The use of the liquids and nasals as vowels or sonants. 1942 K. Malone in Mod. Lang. Q. Mar. 5 Traces of sonant-consonant opposition may be found in English liquids and nasals: thus Gardner/Gardiner. 1976 Archivum Linguisticum 7 93 It [sc. stød]..can fall on sonants as well as vowels (for example, [hwal'b], [sdor'g]; hvalpe, storke). 2003 M. S. Andronov Compar. Gram. of Dravidian Lang. i. 32 The medio-lingual palatal sonant [ñ] is also quite common in Dravidian. Derivatives soˈnantic adj. of the nature of a sonant. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > linguistics > study of speech sound > speech sound > voiced or voiceless sound gen > [adjective] > voiced or voicing vocal1668 sonant1808 vocalizing1809 vocular1812 voiced1850 phonetic1864 phonic1877 sonantizing1879 sonantic1892 sonorant1899 1892 Classical Rev. May 189/2 The sonantic function of the..nasals. 1938 Bull. School Oriental Stud. 9 569 The contemporary pronunciation..permits a sonantic final. 2003 Anthropol. Linguistics 45 454 Suffixes containing a labial or dental stop refer to nonhuman classes, whereas purely sonantic suffixes are restricted to human classes. ˈsonantizing adj. rare that converts a sound, etc., into a sonant. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > linguistics > study of speech sound > speech sound > voiced or voiceless sound gen > [adjective] > voiced or voicing vocal1668 sonant1808 vocalizing1809 vocular1812 voiced1850 phonetic1864 phonic1877 sonantizing1879 sonantic1892 sonorant1899 1879 W. D. Whitney Sanskrit Gram. 37 Vowels and semivowels and nasals exercise a sonantizing influence. 1953 Internat. Jrnl. Amer. Linguistics 19 36/2 The sonantizing influence of certain suffixes. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2017; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.n.1628
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