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postconsonantal adjective phonetics specialized( post-consonantal)uk /ˌpəʊst.kɒn.sənˈæn.təl/ us /ˌpoʊst.kɑːn.sənˈæn.təl/ A postconsonantal sound comes directly after a consonant(= a speech sound that is not a vowel): 辅音后的 Postconsonantal vowels were significantly shorter in these contexts.辅音后元音在这些情况下明显要短些。 This substitution of the vowel is marked in final post-consonantal position.这个元音的替代以处于末尾辅音后为特征。 Opposite
preconsonantal The distinction becomes less clear in postconsonantal position. Postconsonantal vowel duration was expected to be a factor. This sound is always postvocalic, never postconsonantal. The nativized forms do not always reflect the post-consonantal or initial [j] found in the donor words. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases Linguistics: phonology & phonetics accommodation alliterative alveolar apheresis aphesis assonance diphthong homonym intrusive labial labialize labiodental postalveolar retroflex retroflexion rhotic rhyme the International Phonetic Alphabet unpronounceable unrepeatable |