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Definition of Prevocalic
1. [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Prevocalic
Literary usage of Prevocalic
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)
"AD, although interchange of spelling between prevocalic ci and ti before that
time means merely that cy, tij were confused, as rf, // were confused (cf. ..."
2. Notae Latinae: An Account of Abbreviation in Latin Mss. of the Early by Wallace Martin Lindsay (1915)
"... where the syllable is initial and prevocalic, and like ' deinde,'' exinde,'
where the syllable is not ..."
3. Proceedings of the Cambridge Philological Society by Cambridge Philological Society (1902)
"... of original S in Elean as S. For (1) the mixture of 8 (Д) and dy (I) would
arise very naturally in the case of 8 followed by prevocalic i, eg Да'. ..."
4. Northern English: Phonetics, Grammar, Texts by Richard John Lloyd (1899)
"But in forcible speech it reappears in all prevocalic positions. 58] n is the
toned (or whispered) nasal phone (31-34) of the coronal group. Compare m (44). ..."
5. Studies from the Yale Psychological Laboratory by Yale University Psychological Laboratory, Edward Wheeler Scripture (1902)
"... one form of unstressed " long o," as in ' following ' ; chiefly prevocalic ; [u]
or [o]. u ' good, foot, book, bush, cushion, full' ; slightly reduced ..."
6. Studies from the Yale Psychological Laboratory by Yale University Psychological Laboratory (1900)
"... as in 'annual, gradual' ; one form of unstressed " long o," as in ' following ' ;
chiefly prevocalic ; [«] or [o]. u ' good, foot, book, bush, cushion, ..."
7. Contributions to the Study of Elliptical Words in Modern English by Karl Sundén (1904)
"Such examples are afforded by Biddy < Bridget, Fanny < Frances, which both have
lost a prevocalic r. whereas Mag, Bab have lost a postvocalic r. ..."
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