sibilant+sound
21sibilant — (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. & n. hissing; whispering; whistling. See sound …
22Ruki sound law — Ruki or iurk is the term for a sound law in the Satem group of Indo European languages, especially Balto Slavic and Indo Iranian, describing context in which an original /s/ phoneme changes into /ʃ/:: s > ʃ / r, u, K, i A sibilant s is retracted… …
23Apostrophe — redirects here. For other uses, see (disambiguation). Apostrophes redirects here. For the music book, see Apostrophes: A Book of Tributes to Masters of Music. For other uses, see Apostrophe (disambiguation). ’ Apostrophe …
24Sampi — This article is about the letter. For other uses, see Sampi (disambiguation). Greek alphabet Αα …
25De-essing — is any technique intended to reduce or eliminate excess sibilant consonants such as s , z and sh in recordings of the human voice.[1] Excess sibilance can be caused by compression, microphone choice and technique, and even simply a singer s mouth …
26linguistics — /ling gwis tiks/, n. (used with a sing. v.) the science of language, including phonetics, phonology, morphology, syntax, semantics, pragmatics, and historical linguistics. [1850 55; see LINGUISTIC, ICS] * * * Study of the nature and structure of… …
27Iranian languages — Major subgroup of the Indo Iranian branch of the Indo European language family. Iranian languages are probably spoken by more than 80 million people in southwestern and southern Asia. Only two Old Iranian languages are known, Avestan and Old… …
28assibilate — /əˈsɪbəleɪt/ (say uh sibuhlayt) verb (assibilated, assibilating) Phonetics –verb (t) 1. to change into or pronounce with the accompaniment of a sibilant sound or sounds. –verb (i) 2. to change by assibilation. 3. to become a sibilant or a sound… …
29speech disorder — n. any conspicuous speech imperfection, or variation from accepted speech patterns, caused either by a physical defect in the speech organs or by a mental disorder, as aphasia, stuttering, etc. * * * ▪ medicine Introduction any of the… …
30English plural — English grammar series English grammar Contraction Disputes in English grammar English compound English honorifics English personal pronouns English plural English relative clauses English verbs English irregular verbs En …
