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词汇 intervocalic
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Definition of intervocalic in English:

intervocalic

adjectiveˌɪntəvə(ʊ)ˈkalɪkˌɪn(t)ərvoʊˈkælɪk
Phonetics
  • Occurring between vowels.

    〔语音〕元音间的

    in intervocalic position

    位于元音之间的位置。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • On the pronunciation front: tighty and tidy get to be the same in pronunciation in American English via intervocalic flapping, which plays a role in a large number of reinterpretations, and plain spelling errors too.
    • Scores for only two of the eight variables of the study are given here: refers to the absence of intervocalic th in words such as mother, and refers to the frequency of a low vowel in words such as peck, which then merges with pack.
    • In compounds like Sugihara there is, and has been, variation as to what counts as intervocalic position.
    • South Indians tend to geminate voiceless intervocalic obstruents, as in ‘Americ-ca’.
    • Consonant cluster reduction and intervocalic /t/ voicing, however, are better indicators of speech patterns, for they are far less likely than negative contraction to be regulated by a style policy.

Derivatives

  • intervocalically

  • adverb
    Phonetics
    • In that tradition, written ‘h’ is not pronounced except intervocalically, where it is pronounced /k /; thus mihi is [miki].

Definition of intervocalic in US English:

intervocalic

adjectiveˌɪn(t)ərvoʊˈkælɪkˌin(t)ərvōˈkalik
Phonetics
  • Occurring between vowels.

    〔语音〕元音间的

    in intervocalic position

    位于元音之间的位置。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • On the pronunciation front: tighty and tidy get to be the same in pronunciation in American English via intervocalic flapping, which plays a role in a large number of reinterpretations, and plain spelling errors too.
    • Scores for only two of the eight variables of the study are given here: refers to the absence of intervocalic th in words such as mother, and refers to the frequency of a low vowel in words such as peck, which then merges with pack.
    • In compounds like Sugihara there is, and has been, variation as to what counts as intervocalic position.
    • South Indians tend to geminate voiceless intervocalic obstruents, as in ‘Americ-ca’.
    • Consonant cluster reduction and intervocalic /t/ voicing, however, are better indicators of speech patterns, for they are far less likely than negative contraction to be regulated by a style policy.
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