vocoid
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Danh từ
nounPlural noun:
vocoids
- 1.
(linguistics) A phonetic vowel, as opposed to a phonological one.
- 2.
(linguistics) A sound or segment that has some vowel-like feature and may or may not be able to occupy a nucleus; often includes semivowels, semiconsonants, and any non-syllabic or non-nucleic vowel
Nguồn gốc từ
From vocal + -oid. First appears c. the 1940s, coined by Kenneth Lee Pike, American linguist (1912-2000).