| 单词 | breath letter |
| 释义 | > as lemmasbreath letter d. Phonetics. As a modifier, with the sense ‘produced by the breath, without vibration of the vocal cords’, as in breath glide, breath letter, etc.Recorded earliest in breath sound n. 1.See also breath consonant n. at Compounds 2. ΚΠ 1819 B. H. Smart Theory Elocution i. 44 Such principles as:..the power of letter e to restore s to its breath sound when coming after a liquid: thus we say, pulse, sense, [etc.]. 1829 C. Orpen Pestalozzian Primer iv. 87 SH..is a non-vocal or breath letter. 1879 H. Sweet in Trans. Philol. Soc. 1877–9 471 Swedish..final voiced stops..seem to be shorter than in English, and to have a stronger breath off-glide. 1942 Language 18 13 The phonetic influence of the aspirate breath-type on the vowel itself is not known. 1989 Ériu 40 120 In Welsh, geminates are presently found only in intervocalic position..(followed in many dialects by non-phonemic breath glides). < as lemmas |
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