- 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...
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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...
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specification of two
binary features: [-
continuant] and [-voice]. Any
sound with both the
feature [-
continuant] (not able to be
pronounced continuously)...
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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)...
- /__[C][+cont] = "A
preconsonantal voiceless non-
continuant (voiceless stop)
changed into
corresponding a
voiceless continuant (fricative) in Proto-Iranian (PIr.)"...
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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...
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features across languages. For example, [l]
could be
classified as a
continuant or not in a
given language depending on how it
patterns with
other consonants...
