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iotationnoun(linguistics) A specific occurrence of palatalization that occurred in the Proto-Slavic language, in which a consonant combined with the palatal approximant /j/ to form a palatalized consonant.
palatalizationnoun(phonology, uncountable) The state or quality of being palatalized, of pronouncing a sound with the tongue against the palate of the mouth that normally is not.
liaisonnounCommunication between two parties or groups.
second palatalizationnoun(Slavic linguistics) A sound change occurring in Proto-Slavic, which caused palatalization of velar consonants under certain circumstances, resulting in the hushing sounds c /ts/, s /s/ or š /ʃ/, and (d)z /(d)z/.
yodizationnoun(phonetics) The developed pronunciation of a yod, typically as the result of an adjacent sound change.
t-glottalizationnoun(phonology) The pronunciation of the phoneme /t/ as a glottal stop in certain positions.
articulationnoun(uncountable) The quality, clarity, or sharpness of speech; the movement within the mouth that allows for those things.
palatalnoun(phonetics) A palatal consonant.
yod coalescencenoun(phonology) A process in English phonology whereby the clusters [dj], [tj], [sj], and [zj] become [dʒ], [tʃ], [ʃ], and [ʒ], respectively, through mutual assimilation.
vocalizationnounThe act of vocalizing or something vocalized; a vocal utterance
l-vocalizationnoun(phonology) A process by which an /l/ sound is replaced by a vowel or semivowel.
pleophonynoun(phonology) The phenomenon by which the Late Proto-Slavic "liquid diphthongs", formed from a vowel followed by a liquid *r or *l, become disyllabic -oro-, -ere- and -olo- reflexes in East Slavic languages.
postalveolarizationnoun(phonology) A sound change whereby a sound becomes postalveolar.
rhotacismnoun(countable, phonology) A linguistic phenomenon in which a consonant changes into an R; rhotacization.
intonationnoun(linguistics) The rise and fall of the voice in speaking.
nativizationnoun(linguistics) The process whereby a language in a new region acquires localised features, as by contact with pre-existing languages of the region, or in response to the local environment.
metatonynoun(linguistics) A change in syllabic intonation, typically in Baltic and Slavonic languages
labializationnoun(phonology) A secondary articulatory feature of usually consonants that involves the contraction or rounding of the lips (labia) during pronunciation.
slavicismnounAn attitude, custom, or other feature that is characteristically Slavic.
zetacismnoun(linguistics) A sound change converting a consonant into /z/, the voiced alveolar sibilant.

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