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Definition of Assibilation
1. Noun. The development of a consonant phoneme into a sibilant.
2. Noun. Pronunciation with a sibilant (hissing or whistling) sound.
Generic synonyms: Pronunciation
Derivative terms: Assibilate, Assibilate, Sibilate, Sibilate, Sibilate
Definition of Assibilation
1. n. Change of a non- sibilant letter to a sibilant, as of -tion to -shun, duke to ditch.
Definition of Assibilation
1. Noun. (linguistics) A sound change resulting in a sibilant consonant, commonly the final phase of palatalization. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Literary usage of Assibilation
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Latin Language: An Historical Account of Latin Sounds, Stems and Flexions by Wallace Martin Lindsay (1894)
"assibilation of ty, dy. In the fourth cent, we have an indication that ti, di
before a vowel were in process of change. Servius (in Von. iv. 445. ..."
2. A Comparative Grammar of the Anglo-Saxon Language: In which Its Forms are by Francis Andrew March (1877)
"This cA appears in late manuscripts, and the assibilation was doubtless begun in
... The assibilation of sc> English sh, is excluded for similar reasons. ..."
3. Les Mots Latins Dans Les Langues Brittoniques: (gallois, Armoricain by Joseph Loth (1892)
"(2) Une preuve encore curieuse de l'assibilation complete de ti + voyelle, au V'
siècle, c'est l'expression favorite attribuée par Cormac, ..."
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