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The phenomena in which an underlying consonant changes to another phoneme, to create a “weaker” or "softer" form of the consonant. For example, a consonant may become more sonorant (or vowel like) or a /t/ might become and flap [ɾ].For example, in English, the orthographic representation for water is with a /t/ but instead of it being pronounced /wɔtər/ it’s typically pronounced [wɔɾər]with a flap instead.
 
 
 
==See Also==
 
==See Also==
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*[[Initial Consonant Mutations]]
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*[[Initial Consonant Mutation (definition)]]
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*[[Orthography]]
  
 
==External Links==
 
==External Links==
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*http://akerbeltz.org/index.php?title=Lenition
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*http://akerbeltz.org/index.php?title=Lenition_and_why_that_is_your_mothers_fault
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*http://akerbeltz.org/index.php?title=The_homo-organic_rule_or_When_not_to_lenite
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*http://www.mediaevalscotland.org/scotlang/lenition.shtml
  
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lenition
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*http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lenition
  
http://www.mediaevalscotland.org/scotlang/lenition.shtml
 
  
 
==References==
 
==References==
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*Ladefoged, D. (2010) ''A Course in Phonetics''. 6th Edition. Wadsworth Publishing.
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*[[William Lamb|Lamb, William]] (2003) ''Scottish Gaelic''. 2nd edition. Munich: Lingcom Europa
  
 
[[Category:Technical Definitions]]
 
[[Category:Technical Definitions]]
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[[Category: Morphology]]
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[[Category: Phonology]]

Latest revision as of 08:59, 15 June 2012

See Also

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

  • Ladefoged, D. (2010) A Course in Phonetics. 6th Edition. Wadsworth Publishing.
  • Lamb, William (2003) Scottish Gaelic. 2nd edition. Munich: Lingcom Europa