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单词 sonorant
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Definition of sonorant in English:

sonorant

noun ˈsɒn(ə)r(ə)ntsəˈnɔːr(ə)ntˈsänərənt
Phonetics
  • A sound produced with the vocal cords so positioned that spontaneous voicing is possible; a vowel, a glide, or a liquid or nasal consonant.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Moreover, fricatives can be targeted by the glottal feature, but are optimally realised as sonorants in such cases.
    • Voiced obstruents can stand only before vowels, sonorants and voiced obstruents in the same word.
    • If there were minimal pairs, we would have to conclude that voiced and voiceless sonorants are separate phonemes.
    • She also found a sex-linked effect with initial sonorants vs. obstruents: obstruents were hotter on males, sonorants on females, though only the female effect was significant.
    • Initial glottalized sonorants are typically but not invariably pre-glottalized.

Origin

1930s: from sonorous + -ant.

 
 

Definition of sonorant in US English:

sonorant

nounˈsänərənt
Phonetics
  • A sound produced with the vocal cords so positioned that spontaneous voicing is possible; a vowel, a glide, or a liquid or nasal consonant.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Voiced obstruents can stand only before vowels, sonorants and voiced obstruents in the same word.
    • Initial glottalized sonorants are typically but not invariably pre-glottalized.
    • Moreover, fricatives can be targeted by the glottal feature, but are optimally realised as sonorants in such cases.
    • If there were minimal pairs, we would have to conclude that voiced and voiceless sonorants are separate phonemes.
    • She also found a sex-linked effect with initial sonorants vs. obstruents: obstruents were hotter on males, sonorants on females, though only the female effect was significant.

Origin

1930s: from sonorous + -ant.

 
 
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