Definition of Nasalism

1. nasality [n -S] - See also: nasality

Lexicographical Neighbors of Nasalism

nasal twang
nasal valve
nasal venous arch
nasal venules of retina
nasal vowel
nasal vowels
nasale
nasalis
nasalis muscle
nasalisation
nasalisations
nasalise
nasalised
nasalises
nasalising
nasalism (current term)
nasalisms
nasalities
nasality
nasalization
nasalizations
nasalize
nasalized
nasalizes
nasalizing
nasally
nasalness
nasals
nasard
nasards

Literary usage of Nasalism

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Transactions by Cambridge Philological Society (1899)
"The loss of nasals (or nasalism) before /, )?, s, •% precedes 9|. 13. The change du > (eu precedes 10 (cf. p. 26). 14. The change zn >nn precedes 11 (cf. pp ..."

2. The Language and Literature of the Scottish Highlands by John Stuart Blackie (1876)
"And to my ear it is a beauty; not that nasalism, as fully developed in some quarters of America, is not one of the most hideous distortions of human ..."

3. The Celtic Magazine by Alexander Mackenzie, Alexander Macgregor, Alexander Macbain (1877)
"If this be a fault, I have no wish to conceal it ; if it be a beauty, it is my business to laud it. And to my ear it is a beauty ; not that nasalism, ..."

4. Studies in Old English by Hector Munro Chadwick (1899)
"The loss of nasals (or nasalism) before f, \, s, % precedes 9+. 13. The change du > diu precedes 10 (cf. p. 26). 14. The change zn >nn precedes 11 (cf. pp. ..."

5. Transactions by Cambridge Philological Society (1899)
"The loss of nasals (or nasalism) before f, }>, s, % precedes 9|. 13. The change clu > (&u precedes 10 (cf. p. 26). 14. The change zn > nn precedes 11 (cf. ..."

6. An Endeavor Towards a Universal Alphabet by Amasa D. Sproat (1857)
"A sub- nasalism, or sound in the nasal cavities can also be produced when the nostrils are closed. ..."

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