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In phonetics, a continuant is a speech sound produced without a complete closure in the oral cavity, namely fricatives, approximants and vowels.[1] While vowels are included in continuants, the term is often reserved for consonant sounds.[2]
Compare sonorant (resonant), which includes vowels, approximants and nasals but not fricatives, and contrasts with obstruent.
In phonology, continuant as a distinctive feature also includes trills. Whether lateral fricatives and approximants and taps/flaps are continuant is not conclusive.[3]
Frictionless Continuants[edit]
The definition of a continuant is sometimes restricted to include only those continuants produced without friction, and these can be referred to as frictionless continuants.[2] Approximants and vowels are sometimes called frictionless continuants.[4] An example of a frictionless continuant is /l/.[5]
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ "continuant" in Bussamann, Routledge dictionary of language and linguistics, 1996
- ^ a b Chalker, Sylvia. (1998). The Oxford dictionary of English grammar. Weiner, E. S. C., Oxford University Press. (1st rev. ed ed.). Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-172767-2. OCLC 49356718.
{{cite book}}:|edition=has extra text (help) - ^ Hayes, Bruce (2009). Introductory Phonology. Blackwell. p. 78. ISBN 978-1-4051-8411-3.
- ^ "approximant" in Crystal, A dictionary of linguistics and phonetics, 6th ed, 2008
- ^ Fromkin, Victoria,. An introduction to language. Rodman, Robert,, Hyams, Nina, 1952- (10e ed.). Boston, MA. ISBN 978-1-133-31068-6. OCLC 800032029.
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