phonological feature
collocation in Englishmeaningsofphonologicalandfeature
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phonological
adjective
uk/ˌfɒn.əˈlɒdʒ.ɪ.kəl/us/ˌfoʊ.nəˈlɑː.dʒɪ.kəl/
relating to the sounds in a particular language or in languages, or to the study ...
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feature
noun
uk/ˈfiː.tʃər/us/ˈfiː.tʃɚ/
a typical quality or an important part ...
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(Definition ofphonologicalandfeaturefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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Rock music regularly employs dialects in which the simplification of consonant clusters is aphonologicalfeature.
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The saliency level of a particularphonologicalfeatureis determined by its role within the phonological system of the language, not by reference to other languages.
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Compactness, on the other hand, tends to be a much more fundamentalphonologicalfeature.
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It also shows that feature economy can be used as a tool inphonologicalfeatureanalysis, and offers voiced aspirates, voiceless sonorants and various types of glottalised sounds as illustrations.
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Anotherphonologicalfeatureis that speakers are unaware of the graduation of words which are said in different tones depending on the context.
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The non-autonomous phonological features that we have demonstrated suggest that the process has yet to be completed.
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The authors interpreted their findings as suggesting that children who misarticulate phonemes have internal representations for these phonemes that lack critical distinguishing phonological features.
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This is evidenced by the fact that phonological features can be pinpointed to some inputs but not to others.
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Such phonetic exponency of these phonological features is unlikely to be universally applicable.
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Such claims certainly suggest that at least some phonological features have no relevance to phonetics.
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However, there are a few occasions where a different view of phonological features is entertained.
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It could also be possible to concentrate on the phonological features.
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In minimalist approaches to syntax, the lexicon marks for each element its phonological features, its semantic features and its formal features.
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First, there is an oppositional pair of phonological features in which one of the pair has a consistently strong effect on the sound change.
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The parallel between the innately provided maximum number of, say, vowel distinctions and an innate set of phonological features that can define vowels is obvious.
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The authors further argue that the voicing distinction can be acquired on the basis of acoustic differences rather than phonological features.
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Within the context of this study, the phonological features seemed to have played a significant role in assigning dialect status and identifying the toddler's race.
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This process is especially likely to occur if the two words share phonological features.
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Two recent studies are especially relevant to our understanding of children's conceptual knowledge of distinctive phonological features.
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