Definition of Continuants. Meaning of Continuants. Synonyms of Continuants

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Definition of Continuants

Continuant
Continuant Con*tin"u*ant, a. Continuing; prolonged; sustained; as, a continuant sound. -- n. A continuant sound; a letter whose sound may be prolonged.

Meaning of Continuants from wikipedia

- 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...
- \;+\;x_{1}x_{2}x_{3}\;+\;x_{1}\;+\;x_{3}\;+\;x_{5}.} It follows that continuants are invariant with respect to reversing the order of indeterminates:...
- This article contains phonetic transcriptions in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA). For an introductory guide on IPA symbols, see Help:IPA. For...
- is made in relation to frictionless continuants by O'Connor (1973): "There are no voiceless frictionless continuants because this would imply silence; the...
- 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...
- Latin was er (/ɛr/), following the pattern of other letters representing continuants, such as ⟨F⟩, ⟨L⟩, ⟨M⟩, ⟨N⟩, and ⟨S⟩. This name is preserved in French...
- Consonant phonemes Labial Dental Alveolar Palatal Velar Nasal m n ɲ Stop p b t d tʃ ʝ k ɡ Continuant f θ* s (ʃ) x Lateral l ʎ* Flap ɾ Trill r...
- Voiced stops become lenited to approximants in syllable onsets, after continuants: /b/ > [β], /d/ > [ð], /ɡ/ > [ɣ]. Exceptions include /d/ after lateral...
- About half of these possess only retroflex continuants, with most of the rest having both stops and continuants. Retroflex consonants are concentrated in...
- inventory of 29 consonants in the South Arabian writing system, the continuants ġ, ẓ, and South Arabian s3 (Geʻez Sawt ሠ being derived from South Arabian...