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  2. Compensatory lengthening - Wikipedia

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    Compensatory lengthening in Classical Hebrew and Aramaic is dependent on the class of consonant which follows the prefix (definite article in Hebrew and prefix waw-hahipukh in both languages). E.g. (using the Hebrew definite article [hey with pataḥ plus dagesh in following consonant]): [3] Before ע ‎ and א ‎ it is usually [hey with qametz].

  3. Epenthesis - Wikipedia

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    The second is [e], connecting stems that have historically been consonant stems to their case endings: nim+n → nimen. In Standard Finnish, consonant clusters may not be broken by epenthetic vowels; foreign words undergo consonant deletion rather than addition of vowels: ranta (' shore ') from Proto-Germanic *strandō. However, modern loans ...

  4. Phonics - Wikipedia

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    Reading by using phonics is often referred to as decoding words, sounding-out words or using print-to-sound relationships.Since phonics focuses on the sounds and letters within words (i.e. sublexical), [13] it is often contrasted with whole language (a word-level-up philosophy for teaching reading) and a compromise approach called balanced literacy (the attempt to combine whole language and ...

  5. Glossary of sound laws in the Indo-European languages

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    asno law The word-medial sequence *-mn-is simplified after long vowels and diphthongs or after a short vowel if the sequence was tautosyllabic and preceded by a consonant. . The *n was deleted if the vocalic sequence following the cluster was accented, as in Ancient Greek θερμός thermós 'warm' (from Proto-Indo-European *gʷʰermnós 'warm'); otherwise, the *m was deleted, as in Sanskrit ...

  6. Phonological development - Wikipedia

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    Reduplicated babbling contains consonant-vowel (CV) syllables that are repeated in reduplicated series of the same consonant and vowel (e.g., [bababa]). At this stage, infants’ productions resemble speech much more closely in timing and vocal behaviors than at earlier stages.

  7. Sonority sequencing principle - Wikipedia

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    A good example for the SSP in English is the one-syllable word trust: The first consonant in the syllable onset is t, which is a stop, the lowest on the sonority scale; next is r, a liquid which is more sonorous, then we have the vowel u / ʌ / – the sonority peak; next, in the syllable coda, is s, a sibilant, and last is another stop, t.

  8. This Day In Market History: The First Coca-Cola Is Sold

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    Pharmacist John Pemberton sold the first ever bottle of Coca-Cola as a medicine back in 1886. Each day, Benzinga takes a look back at a notable market-related moment that occurred on this date ...

  9. Phonotactics - Wikipedia

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    The second consonant in a complex onset must not be a voiced obstruent (e.g. *zdop does not occur) If the first consonant in a complex onset is not /s/, the second must be a liquid or a glide; Every subsequence contained within a sequence of consonants must obey all the relevant phonotactic rules (the substring principle rule)