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vowel fracture — Phonol. breaking1 … Useful english dictionary
Vowel breaking — Sound change and alternation Metathesis Quantitative metathesis … Wikipedia
fracture — n. & v. n. 1 a breakage or breaking, esp. of a bone or cartilage. b the result of breaking; a crack or split. 2 the surface appearance of a freshly broken rock or mineral. 3 Linguistics a the substitution of a diphthong for a simple vowel owing… … Useful english dictionary
fracture — noun 1》 a crack or break, especially in a bone or a rock stratum. ↘the cracking or breaking of a hard object or material. ↘the shape of the surface formed by a freshly broken rock or mineral. 2》 Phonetics the replacement of a simple vowel … English new terms dictionary
vowelfracture — vowel fracture n. The change of a vowel to a diphthong; breaking. * * * … Universalium
breaking — breaking1 /bray king/, n. Phonol. the change of a pure vowel to a diphthong, esp. in certain environments, as, in Old English, the change of a vowel to a diphthong under the influence of a following consonant or combination of consonants, as the… … Universalium
Old Norse — dǫnsk tunga, dansk tunga ( Danish tongue ), norrœnt mál ( Norse language ) Spoken in Nordic countries, Scotland, Ireland, England and Wales, Isle of Man, Normandy, Vinland, the Volga and places in between … Wikipedia
Germanic a-mutation — A mutation is a metaphonic process, supposed to have taken place in late Proto Germanic (i.e. around 200 AD).General descriptionIn a mutation, a short high vowel (*/u/ or */i/) was lowered when the following syllable contained a non high vowel… … Wikipedia
check — Synonyms and related words: CD, IOU, MO, X, a reckoning of, abrade, abrasion, abysm, abyss, acceptance, acceptance bill, accord, account, account of, agree, allophone, alveolar, answer to, aperture, apico alveolar, apico dental, arrest,… … Moby Thesaurus
Reduction — Reduction, reduced, or reduce may refer to:cienceChemistry*Reduction – chemical reaction in which atoms have their oxidation number (oxidation state) changed. **Reduced gas – a gas with a low oxidation number **Ore reduction: see… … Wikipedia