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Definition of Postconsonantal
1. [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Postconsonantal
Literary usage of Postconsonantal
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. From Latin to Spanish by Paul M. Lloyd (1987)
"postconsonantal Palatals When a palatal consonant is preceded by a syllable-final
consonant, it usually assimilates to the preceding consonant by developing ..."
2. The Latin Language: An Historical Account of Latin Sounds, Stems and Flexions by Wallace Martin Lindsay (1894)
"postconsonantal v dropped. Vulg. Lut. s (in classical Latin the vowel u) is also
dropped after consonants not only before и (for ..."
3. Introduction to the Study of the Greek Dialects: Grammar, Selected by Carl Darling Buck (1910)
"postconsonantal f. The combinations vp, pp, \p, and also vp (in some cases ;
see /) are preserved in the earliest inscriptions of some dialects. ..."
4. The Journal of English and Germanic Philology by Ill.) University of Illinois (Urbana (1918)
"... in its development of postconsonantal _;', exhibits a phenomenon which is
physiologically identical with the consonant-infection and umlaut of Celtic, ..."
5. Native Writings in Massachusett by Ives Goddard, Kathleen Joan Bragdon (1988)
"Basically stems in postconsonantal |w| add |-i-|, stems in consonants other
than |w| add |-wi-| (with replacement of mutating |n| by |s|), ..."
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