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Definition of Postvocalic
1. [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Postvocalic
Literary usage of Postvocalic
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. On Calculating the Factor of Chance in Language Comparison by Donald A. Ringe (1992)
"... first-syllable vocalic nucleus (see above) account for 51 of the postvocalic
consonants and zeroes in the whole list-comparison of English and German. ..."
2. On Calculating the Factor of Chance in Language Comparison by Donald A. Ringe (1992)
"... first-syllable vocalic nucleus (see above) account for 51 of the postvocalic
consonants and zeroes in the whole list-comparison of English and German. ..."
3. A Welsh Grammar for Schools by Edward Anwyl (1907)
"1411 142 143 144 145 146 147 148 Possessive Adjectives. These are of two kinds : (a)
postvocalic. (6) Normal. The j postvocalic forms are used alter words ..."
4. Transactions by Cambridge Philological Society (1899)
"18) doubtless contain Germ. *rayna-. So far as I am aware, postvocalic -gi- occurs
in early Northumbrian texts only in Ruthwell dce-jis, ..."
5. Old English grammar by Joseph Wright, Elizabeth Mary Wright (1908)
"... r often became postvocalic by metathesis when a short vowel was followed by
n, nn, s, or s + consonant, as aern, Goth, razn, O.Icel. rann, house; forsc, ..."
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