I. noun
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
weak consonant/syllable
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Elision is a closely related subject, and in considering intonation the difference between strong and weak syllables is also important.
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In this chapter we look at the general nature of weak syllables.
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Not all weak syllables contain, though many do.
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The distribution of strong and weak syllables is a subject that will be met in several later chapters.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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I couldn't get my tongue around the consonants.
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If the language has long and short vowels and consonants, this will affect the rhythm of the language.
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It is also good articulation and crisp, clear consonants.
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Some phonologists maintain that a syllabic consonant is really a case of a vowel and a consonant that have become combined.
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The consonants are grouped together phonetically, depending on the kind of sound they make.
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The outline should include phonemic contrastive charts of the consonants and vowels.
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The second group causes most of the difficulties in spelling with consonants.
II. adjective
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
cluster
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In some consonant clusters , sounds are apt to be elided, ie omitted, in rapid speech.
sound
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Background noise may entirely obliterate the consonant sounds .
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Even if she only knows a handful of consonant sounds , we can help her to live like an author.
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You will remember that consonant sounds are made by creating a brief barrier to the flow of breath.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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And resolution has a musical overtone that I like as well: the progression of a dissonant chord to a consonant one.
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Dissonance is most powerful in a generally consonant context - hence the need to be extremely cautious in its use.
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However, these interests can not conflict too directly, but must appear to be consonant .
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On the face of it, this approach is consonant with the requirements of the Act.
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Others, then, will have to judge whether my views expressed here are consonant with that tradition.
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Their sensory perception as well as their motor responses - their behaviour - are thus totally consonant with their bodily form and function.