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单词 vocalic
释义
vocalic
adjective
language,phoneticsspecialized
uk
/vəʊˈkæl.ɪk/us
/voʊˈkæl.ɪk/
relatingto avowelorvowels:
Theschwavowelisomittedinsyllablesthatcontainvocalic r, l, m or n.
Thesevowelsplayanimportantrolein the vocalicsystemsofSlaviclanguages.
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  • At thisstageinfantsarecapableoftransmittingcontrastsof vocalicquality.
  • Research on vocalicvariationinScottishEnglishhasshownthatvariationtendstooccuraccordingto theage,gender, andsocioeconomicclassof thespeaker.
  • Features that wereobservedincludedpitchchangesand vocaliclengthening.
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(Definition ofvocalicfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofvocalic

vocalic
He too had homophone andvocalic-pattern errors that are not characteristic of the reading of individuals with acquired neglect dyslexia.
From theCambridge English Corpus
Well over 90% of all potential off-rhymes arevocalic; they are not considered here.
From theCambridge English Corpus
It should be noted that the production of word-initial non-additionalvocalicelements cannot merely be attributed to the child's growing ability to approximate target words.
From theCambridge English Corpus
For the infant in isolation, the sampling included all of her non-distress, non-vegetative,vocalicutterances.
From theCambridge English Corpus
In the case of the various gliding events affecting liquids, we may assume that thevocalicoutcome reflects a segment's secondary resonance characteristic.
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It is argued, with regard to the perfective form, that past tense is carried neither by the agreement suffix nor by thevocalicmelody.
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The decisive criterion was the number rather than the (vocalic) nature of the sonority peaks.
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The independence of the two objects is confirmed by the fact that elsewhere the same type ofvocalicmelody can occupy a non-nuclear position.
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If filled, the firstvocalicelement adjacently preceding nouns and verbs was selected for analysis.
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Nevertheless, one case in which positing an unpronouncedvocalicposition in the representation seems reasonable is that of vowel epenthesis or syncope.
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This, they argued, explains why it is often asser ted that dark 0 l 0s, and especially syllabic 0 l 0 s, are reallyvocalic.
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In this case, apparently, the structural integrity ofvocalicsubsystems takes precedence over the need to maintain maximal contrast between neighboring phonemes.
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The consonant cluster may also be overlapped by avocalicgesture associated with a preceding or following vowel segment.
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It is unclear how the finding thatvocaliccontext influences misidentification bears on the markedness option, however.
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Indeed, many of her innovations are both brilliant and thoroughly convincing: her accounts of cluster alliteration andvocalicalliteration are particularly fine.
From theCambridge English Corpus
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