Difference between revisions of "Epenthesis (definition)"

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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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==References==
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Crystal, David. A Dictionary of Linguistics and Phonetics. The language library. Oxford, UK: Blackwell, 1997.
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[[Category:Technical Definitions]]
 
[[Category:Technical Definitions]]
 
[[Category:Phonology]]
 
[[Category:Phonology]]
 
[[Category:Phonetics]]
 
[[Category:Phonetics]]

Revision as of 16:56, 14 November 2009

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.

for the article on epenthesis in Gaelic see Epenthesis

References

Crystal, David. A Dictionary of Linguistics and Phonetics. The language library. Oxford, UK: Blackwell, 1997.