Difference between revisions of "Hiatus"

From Scottish Gaelic Grammar Wiki
Jump to: navigation, search
 
(5 intermediate revisions by 2 users not shown)
Line 3: Line 3:
 
Examples from the Barra dialect of Gaelic are presented below (from Clements 1986):
 
Examples from the Barra dialect of Gaelic are presented below (from Clements 1986):
  
- [N'i.an] ''bird''
+
*[N'i.an] ''bird''
 
+
*[bi.əɣ] ''let (him) be''
- [bi.əɣ] ''let (him) be''
+
*[ʀu.əɣ] ''flush in the face''
 
+
*[du.an] ''hook''
- [ʀu.əɣ] ''flush in the face''
 
 
 
- [du.an] ''hook''
 
  
 
==See Also==
 
==See Also==
 +
[[Hiatus (definition)]]
 
==External Links==
 
==External Links==
 +
*http://akerbeltz.org/index.php?title=Hiatus
 +
The link below takes you away from the Gaelic Wiki to Wikipedia. Since wikipedia pages can be edited by anyone, they often contain inaccurate information. So be careful!
 +
*http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hiatus_(linguistics)
 +
 
==References==
 
==References==
  
 
[[Category: Phonology]]
 
[[Category: Phonology]]
 
[[Category: Phonetics]]
 
[[Category: Phonetics]]
[[Category: Technical Definitions]]
 

Latest revision as of 06:38, 14 June 2012

Hiatus refers to a break in a vocalic sequence whereby each vowel belongs to a different syllable. For instance, the word hiatus [haɪ.e.təs] exhibits such a phenomenon where the " . " marks the syllable break between the diphthong [aɪ] and the monophthong [e].

Examples from the Barra dialect of Gaelic are presented below (from Clements 1986):

  • [N'i.an] bird
  • [bi.əɣ] let (him) be
  • [ʀu.əɣ] flush in the face
  • [du.an] hook

See Also

Hiatus (definition)

External Links

The link below takes you away from the Gaelic Wiki to Wikipedia. Since wikipedia pages can be edited by anyone, they often contain inaccurate information. So be careful!

References