- In phonetics, a
continuant is a
speech sound produced without a
complete closure in the oral cavity. By one definition,
continuant is a
distinctive feature...
-
Ladefoged coined the term
approximant in the 1960s, the
terms frictionless continuant and
semivowel were used to
refer to non-lateral approximants. In phonology...
- In algebra, the
continuant is a
multivariate polynomial representing the
determinant of a
tridiagonal matrix and
having applications in
continued fractions...
- This
article contains phonetic transcriptions in the
International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA). For an
introductory guide on IPA symbols, see Help:IPA. For...
-
different vowels to be
distinguished from ⟨C⟩) and the
names of the
continuants consisted as a rule
either of the bare sound, or the
sound preceded by...
- } The
determinant of a
tridiagonal matrix is
given by the
continuant of its elements. An
orthogonal transformation of a
symmetric (or Hermitian)...
-
specification of two
binary features: [-
continuant] and [-voice]. Any
sound with both the
feature [-
continuant] (not able to be
pronounced continuously)...
-
moments in a
continuant’s spacetime career, i.e.,
there are as many
objects as
there are
stages of a
continuant’s existence; e.g., with a
continuant like an...
- /__[C][+cont] = "A
preconsonantal voiceless non-
continuant (voiceless stop)
changed into
corresponding a
voiceless continuant (fricative) in Proto-Iranian (PIr.)"...
-
Voiced stops become lenited to
approximants in
syllable onsets,
after continuants: /b/ > [β], /d/ > [ð], /ɡ/ > [ɣ].
Exceptions include /d/
after lateral...
