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this term is used in phonetics and phonology when there an extra sound that has been inserted in a word. This happens a lot in historically and in connected speech.
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''for the article on epenthesis in Gaelic see [[Epenthesis]]''
  
''for the article on epenthesis in Gaelic see [[Epenthesis]]''
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Epenthesis is the insertion of a sound (in Gaelic this is usually a vowel), between two other sounds. In the speech of some English speakers, the word ''film'' is pronounced with two syllables <nowiki>[fɪləm]</nowiki>. This process is very common in Gaelic, and is found in words like ''orm'' <nowiki> [ɔrəm]</nowiki> or ''Alba'' <nowiki>[alapə]</nowiki>.
  
 
==See Also==
 
==See Also==
  
 
==External Links==
 
==External Links==
 
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*http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epenthesis
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epenthesis
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*http://rhetoric.byu.edu/Figures/E/epenthesis.htm
 
 
http://rhetoric.byu.edu/Figures/E/epenthesis.htm
 
  
 
==References==
 
==References==

Revision as of 10:33, 18 November 2009

for the article on epenthesis in Gaelic see Epenthesis

Epenthesis is the insertion of a sound (in Gaelic this is usually a vowel), between two other sounds. In the speech of some English speakers, the word film is pronounced with two syllables [fɪləm]. This process is very common in Gaelic, and is found in words like orm [ɔrəm] or Alba [alapə].

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References

  • Crystal, David. (1997) A Dictionary of Linguistics and Phonetics. Oxford, UK: Blackwell.