Definition of Sonantic

1. sonant [adj] - See also: sonant

Lexicographical Neighbors of Sonantic

son-in-law eggs
son-of-a-bitch
son et lumière
son of a bitch
son of a gun
son of privilege
son of the manse
son of the morning
sonance
sonances
sonancies
sonancy
sonant
sonantal
sonantic (current term)
sonants
sonar
sonarlike
sonarman
sonarmen
sonars
sonata
sonata form
sonatalike
sonatas
sonatina
sonatinas
sonatine
sonce

Literary usage of Sonantic

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

1. The Principles of Sound and Inflexion as Illustrated in the Greek and Latin by John Edward King, Christopher Cookson (1888)
"... to adopt De Saussure's term, as 'a sonantic coefficient' of the proper vowel e. (Cf. De Sauss. p. 8.) But in the thematic aorist, eg t-vid-ov, which, ..."

2. Report of the Committee of Council on Education in Scotland...[without Appendix] by Great Britain Scottish Education Dept, Scottish Education Dept, Great Britain (1906)
"... render this study thoroughly successful, an elementary acquaintance with Phonetics is indispensable for the true explanation of variations of sonantic ..."

3. The Verbal Accent in Russian by A.W. Herdler (1898)
"Vocalic r was difficult to pronounce now and thus another о was interpolated between r and d, whereupon r lost its sonantic value. The noun was assimilated ..."

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