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IOTACISM [1 record]

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Record 1 1986-07-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Phonetics
DEF

excessive use of the letter iota or I or a too frequent repetition of its sound; specif: the use in modern Greek of the sound of iots ... in speaking words written with other vowels or diphthongs ...

French

Domaine(s)
  • Phonétique
DEF

Évolution d'une voyelle ou d'une diphtongue vers le son [i]. (Ce phénomène est particulièrement important en grec postclassique : é, u, ei, oi se sont transformés en i.)

Spanish

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