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Definition of Occlusives
1. occlusive [n] - See also: occlusive
Lexicographical Neighbors of Occlusives
Literary usage of Occlusives
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Stuttering and Lisping by Edward Wheeler Scripture (1912)
"The closure occurs at the lips for the "labial occlusives" (p, b). The closure
at the front of ... The English occlusives are therefore termed "explosives. ..."
2. From Latin to Spanish by Paul M. Lloyd (1987)
"There were two series of occlusives, one voiced and one voiceless, two nasals,
two liquids, a labial fricative, and a voiceless spirant. ..."
3. From Latin to Spanish by Paul M. Lloyd (1987)
"There were two series of occlusives, one voiced and one voiceless, two nasals,
two liquids, a labial fricative, and a voiceless spirant. ..."
4. Studies from the Yale Psychological Laboratory by Yale University Psychological Laboratory, Edward Wheeler Scripture (1902)
"The surd occlusives, /, /, k, when not followed by an occlusive are usually ...
The sonant occlusives and fricatives are usually whispered before a surd ..."
5. Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease by Philadelphia Neurological Society, American Neurological Association, Chicago Neurological Society, New York Neurological Association (1906)
"Curves of occlusives and fricatives were shown. The irregular and uncertain
regulation of breath and muscular action were evident here also in general ..."
6. Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease by American Neurological Association, Philadelphia Neurological Society, Chicago Neurological Society, New York Neurological Association, Boston Society of Psychiatry and Neurology (1906)
"Curves of occlusives and fricatives were shown. The irregular and uncertain
regulation of breath and muscular action were evident here also in general ..."
7. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine (1843)
"There are ten thousand varying shades and degrees of this pretension, from the
truly fashionable people who hanker after the occlusives, ..."
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