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Definition of Palatalizing
1. palatalize [v] - See also: palatalize
Lexicographical Neighbors of Palatalizing
Literary usage of Palatalizing
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Old Spanish Readings: Selected on the Basis of Critically Edited Texts by Jeremiah Denis Matthias Ford (1911)
"The palatalizing force may be the result of ... e + palatal^ + at infected with
the palatalizing force of the y and approximating to tl or ch] > lecho, cf. ..."
2. Harvard Studies and Notes in Philology and Literature by Dept. of Modern Languages, Harvard University (1900)
"That ssy should have become x (s) is not inexplicable, since the combination
contains a palatalizing factor, but that ss, ps, and Is should have resulted in ..."
3. The English Language and English Grammar: An Historical Study of the Sources by Samuel Ramsey (1892)
"... the i palatalizing the combination, as in diversion, expulsion, mission,
passion ; also when thus followed by a palatalized u—sugar, ..."
4. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1918)
"In some cases a word is transferred into English from Scandinavian or a
non-palatalizing dialect, giving us a k-sound and a ch-sound side by side; ..."
5. Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society Held at Philadelphia for by American Philosophical Society (1916)
"... probably u, and the Russian soft sign, at first an i, which later developed
into a mere palatalizing of the preceding consonant, as nas' = nosh". ..."
6. The Journal of English and Germanic Philology by Ill.) University of Illinois (Urbana (1918)
"... was sufficient to cause the umlaut and consonant-infection (especially
palatalizing). 5. This theory of accent-mixture seems to be plausible for the ..."
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