preceding segment
collocation in Englishmeaningsofprecedingandsegment
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preceding
adjective[before noun]
uk/prɪˈsiː.dɪŋ/us/priːˈsiː.dɪŋ/
existing or happening before someone ...
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segment
noun[C]
uk/ˈseɡ.mənt/us/ˈseɡ.mənt/
one of the smaller groups or amounts that a larger group or amount can be ...
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(Definition ofprecedingandsegmentfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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When combined with a high vowel in theprecedingsegment, the assibilation in verbs increases up to 24%.
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After adding new context features that make explicit the speaker for eachprecedingsegment, we repeated the experiments.
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We treated theprecedingsegmentas an additional source of information for identification of the following stop consonant.
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I coded for place of articulation ofprecedingsegmentwith bilabial, dental 0 labiodental, alveolar, palatal, and velar.
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Consequently, tokens of (aelig) were also coded for the manner, place, and voicing of theprecedingsegment.
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This is supported by five patterns of stop deletion in which the likelihood of deletion correlates with degree of similarity with theprecedingsegment.
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When the four subsets of content words defined by syllable position andprecedingsegmentclass were tested separately, all subsets showed effects of prominence.
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The choice of a 1 handshape variant also failed to be affected significantly by the presence or absence of aprecedingsegment.
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Forprecedingsegment0r0, 130 out of the total 181 tokens were the lexical item 'round'.
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For example, in the case ofprecedingsegment0d0, 217 of the total 221 tokens were the lexical item 'down'.
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In other words, similarity between the stop and theprecedingsegmenttriggers stop deletion only in contexts where the audibility of the stop burst is threatened.
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In the posterior half of the abdomen, the bases of each pair of streaks are connected by a broad dorsal dash in the posterior margin of theprecedingsegment.
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If a sound changes with reference to a following segment, it is traditionally called regressive assimilation; changes with reference to aprecedingsegmentare traditionally called progressive.
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