• 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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  • In algebra, the continuant is a multivariate polynomial representing the determinant of a tridiagonal matrix and having applications in generalized continued...
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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...
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  • 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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  • 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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    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...
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     166 : « L'université catholique de Louvain ne peut être considérée comme continuant l'ancienne université de Louvain; et lorsqu'un acte de fondation a désigné...
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    Voiced stops become lenited to approximants in syllable onsets, after continuants: /b/ > [β], /d/ > [ð], /ɡ/ > [ɣ]. Exceptions include /d/ after lateral...
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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...
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  • } The determinant of a tridiagonal matrix is given by the continuant of its elements. An orthogonal transformation of a symmetric (or Hermitian)...
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  • /__[C][+cont] = "A preconsonantal voiceless non-continuant (voiceless stop) changed into corresponding a voiceless continuant (fricative) in Proto-Iranian (PIr.)"...
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    nasal and a continuant or sonorant. The place of articulation is inherited from the nasal before it and the voicing from the continuant or sonorant that...
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    Consonants (Vovin 1989) Labial Dental/ Alveolar Dorsal Dorso-Glottal Nasal *m *n Stop *p *t *k Continuant *w *ð *ɣ *h Sibilant *s Rhotic *r...
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  • modern Spanish, both are pronounced [β] (bilabial v) after a vowel (or continuant) and [b] otherwise (such as after a pause). There is also a difference...
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  • transcribed by adding a diacritic or modifier letter to the IPA symbols above. Continuant (the opposite of a stop) List of phonetics topics Pop filter Nonexplosive...
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    About half of these possess only retroflex continuants, with most of the rest having both stops and continuants. Retroflex consonants are concentrated in...
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  • some of the airflow must escape through the mouth), frictionless and continuant. There is no significant build-up of air pressure at any point above the...
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    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...
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  • laminal denti-alveolar voiced continuant, in zi, ci, si ([tsɹ̩ tsʰɹ̩ sɹ̩]); [ɻ̩ ~ ʐ̩], an apical retroflex voiced continuant, in zhi, chi, shi, ri ([ʈʂɻ̩ ʈʂʰɻ̩ ʂɻ̩ ɻɻ̩])...
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    closures. Geminate fricatives, nasals, and /l/ are realized as lengthened continuants. There is only one vibrant phoneme /r/ but the actual pronunciation depends...
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    pj, tj, kj, fj, þj, hj, zj, bj, dj, gj, mj, nj, lj, rj, wj It allowed continuant + obstruent clusters in medial and final position only: Fricative + obstruent:...
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    broad slender Stop voiceless pˠ pʲ t̪ˠ tʲ k c voiced bˠ bʲ d̪ˠ dʲ ɡ ɟ Continuant voiceless fˠ fʲ sˠ ʃ x ç h voiced w vʲ l̪ˠ lʲ ɣ j Nasal mˠ mʲ n̪ˠ nʲ ŋ...
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  • possible’. If the glottalized continuant is followed by a vowel, it is released and the release repeats the continuant so that it can be said to act like...
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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...
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    Arabic and Persian rather than by Sanskrit or by English. The retroflex continuant zha of the literary dialect is realised in the Muslim dialect as the palatal...
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    Alveolar Retroflex Palatal Velar Glottal Nasal m n (ɳ) ŋ Plosive voiceless p t (ʈ) k voiced b d (ɖ) ɡ Continuant voiceless f s (ʂ) ɕ ɧ h voiced v l j Trill r...
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  • two subcategories: hēmíphōna (ἡμίφωνα 'half-sounded'), which are the continuants, and áphōna (ἄφωνος 'unsounded'), which correspond to plosives. This...
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  • followed by a vowel or syllabic /l/. List of phonetics topics Obstruent Continuant Liquid consonant Keith Brown & Jim Miller (2013) The Cambridge Dictionary...
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    Labial Coronal Velar Glottal Nasal m n ng [ŋ] Plosive p t k Continuant wh [f, ɸ] r [ɾ] w h...
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