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lenition
leˈnition (liːˈnɪʃən) [f. L. lēnis soft + -ition.] † 1. An assuaging, a mitigation. Obs. rare.—11541 R. Copland Galyen's Terap. F iij b, But of the cure of phlegmon by barly meale is sooner lenition than curacyon. 2. Phonology. [After G. lenierung.] In Celtic languages, the process or result of maki...
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Lenition
Blocked lenition
Some languages which have lenition have in addition complex rules affecting situations where lenition might be expected to occur but In Middle Irish manuscripts, lenition of and was indicated by the dot above, and lenition of , , and was indicated by the postposed ; lenition of other
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lenite
lenite, v. Phonology. (ˈliːnaɪt) [Back-formation from lenition.] a. trans. To make lenis in articulation. b. intr. (Of consonants), to become lenis. Hence ˈlenitable a.; ˈlenited ppl. a.1912 F. W. O'Connell Gram. Old Irish 5 A true lenited f occurs in Modern Irish and is pronounced h. Ibid. 61 The a...
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Ṡ
In Irish orthography, the dot was used only for ẛ and ṡ, while a following h was used for ch ph th; lenition of other letters was not indicated.
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lenate
lenate, v. Phonology. (liːˈneɪt) [f. L. lēn(is soft + -ate3.] = lenite v. Hence leˈnated ppl. a. Also leˈnation n. = lenition.1909 J. Strachan Introd. Early Welsh 12 When an adjective in the positive degree precedes, the noun is lenated. Ibid., After proper nouns there is lenation of a following nou...
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Th (digraph)
/h/
In Irish and Scottish Gaelic, represents the lenition of . In most cases word-initially, it is pronounced . This use of digraphs with to indicate lenition is distinct from the other uses which derive from Latin.
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András Cser
ISBN 978-1119700609
The Typology and Modelling of Obstruent Lenition and Fortition Processes. Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2003. ISBN 9630580365.
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Sound change 雨 さめ→あめ I've noticed a certain (probably) sound change being illustrated by and the compounds and (). It looks like this used to be pronounced in all contexts, but the s here was lenited, and I was w...
< has an answer for you in the section "usage notes". Basically, it is only one of multiple theories that the /s/ was originally a part of the word that was dropped (you use the word 'lenited', which is a different phenomenon). The theory I find more likely is that the /s/ sound filled in the hiatus...
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Intervocalic consonant
Intervocalic consonants are often associated with lenition, a phonetic process that causes consonants to weaken and eventually disappear entirely.
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擦音化
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辅音弱化(Lenition)
元音弱化(Apophony)
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参考文献
Crowley, Terry. (1997) An Introduction to Historical Linguistics. 3rd edition.
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Irish initial mutations
Environments of Lenition
After proclitics
After the definite article
The definite article triggers lenition of:
a feminine noun in the nominative after a feminine singular noun)
"bottles of juice" (lenition after a plural ending in a slender consonant)
"Seán's house" (lenition of a definite
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Garbagna Novarese
By the linguistic phenomena of lenition and first-type anaphonesis, since 1150 also names Garbania and Garbagna began to be used, while since 1367 only
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Irish conjugation
"one waited", neither undergoes lenition nor receives . There is lenition but no .
"Seán didn't understand Irish."
"Séamas didn't drink the milk." (cf. "Séamas drank the milk.")
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Nukunu language
History
In contrast with other Thura–Yura languages, Nukunu did not partake in either the initial th- lenition before vowels or the lenition of initial
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Na'vi grammar
Morphophonology
Lenition
Lenition is a phonological change that is the result of the application of certain prefixes:
px (/p'/) → p
tx (/t'/) → t
kx ( All of these prefixes cause lenition.
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