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Definition of Nasalisation
1. Noun. The act of nasalizing; the utterance of sounds modulated by the nasal resonators.
Generic synonyms: Articulation
Derivative terms: Nasalise, Nasalize, Nasalize
Definition of Nasalisation
1. Noun. (alternative spelling of nasalization) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Nasalisation
Literary usage of Nasalisation
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. History of the New World Called America by Edward John Payne (1899)
"Nor does this emphatic nasalisation merely enlarge the list of ... In Choctaw,
nasalisation expresses intensity or continuance. In Algonquin a final nasal ..."
2. A Comparative Grammar of the Dravidian Or South-Indian Family of Languages by Robert Caldwell (1875)
"... OR nasalisation.—Much use is made in the Dravidian languages, especially in
Tamil and Telugu, of the nasals «, ii, n, n, and m (to which some add re or ..."
3. A Cyclopædic Dictionary of the Mang'anja Language Spoken in British Central by David Clement Ruffelle Scott (1892)
"... it is good here ; but it is pronounced like a simple nasalisation of the
consonant following, and one is inclined to consider the ..."
4. History of the New World Called America by Edward John Payne (1899)
"... nasalisation—essentially nothing but leaving the pharynx, Intense *" during
vocalisation, in the natural position for ordinary ..."
5. A Dialect of Donegal: Being the Speech of Meenawannia in the Parish of by Edmund Crosby Quiggin (1906)
"It should however be observed that, although in this book we write the mark of
nasalisation over the vowel, the nasalisation is inherent in the n, m. ..."
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