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DEVOCALISATION [1 record]

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Record 1 1986-12-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Phonetics
DEF

The loss of voice in a normally voiced consonant because of certain conditions.

OBS

An example is the "d" in the English past ending "-ed"; this is normally voiced (as in "loved"), but becomes devoiced (i.e.) pronounced more like a "t") after unvoiced consonants (as in "stopped").

French

Domaine(s)
  • Phonétique
CONT

En phonétique synchronique, le phénomène de dévocalisation est celui par lequel certains phonèmes réalisés habituellement comme voisés, c'est-à-dire avec une vibration des cordes vocales, perdent cette caractéristique au contact de phonèmes non-voisés qui leur sont contigus.

Spanish

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