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Ejective meaning

Serving to eject, or characterised by ejection.

Using Ejective

  • The main meaning on this page is: Serving to eject, or characterised by ejection.

Context around Ejective

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 29 words
  • Position in the sentence: 3 start, 1 middle, 1 end
  • Sentence types: 5 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Often before:

voiced 1×

Often after:

clicks 1× release 1× processes 1× mechanism 1× stops 1×

Sentence patterns with Ejective

These short patterns come directly from the example sentences and show how the word is often embedded:

although the ejective release follows 1× as well ejective stops glottalic 1× change from ejective to plain 1× citation one ejective mechanism is 1× ejective processes which 1× pre voiced ejective 1× that is ejective not an 1× with ejective clicks for 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

ejective processes which 1× some languages have 1× the change from 1× with ejective clicks 1× xoo dialect of 1×

Common sentence endings:

centers of galaxies 1× consonants lingual ingressive 1× independently articulated consonant 1× pre voiced ejective 1×

Words around Ejective

Just before it in the word index:

ejections 25 ejection 130 ejecting 46 ejected 438 ejecta 30 eject 101

Just after it in the word index:

ejectives 2 ejector 23 ejectors 4 ejects 17 ejeh 5 ejei 3

Similar in corpus frequency:

aaas 7 aacc 7 aacs 7 aafes 7 aah 7 aankh 7

Corpus analysis for Ejective

  • In this selection, "ejective" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 29 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, voiced, clicks, release and processes stand out and add context to how "ejective" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include although the ejective release follows and as well ejective stops glottalic. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "ejective" sits close to words such as aaas, aacc and aacs, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with ejective

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

Short example sentences

Some languages have stops made with other mechanisms as well: ejective stops ( glottalic egressive ), implosive stops ( glottalic ingressive ), or click consonants ( lingual ingressive ). (23 words)

The change from ejective to plain consonants in Proto-Afroasiatic is apparently regular in grammatical words (Kaiser and Shevoroshkin 1988; see also */tV/ instead of */tʼV/ above). (27 words)

Xoo dialect of Taa found several new manners: creaky voiced (the voiced equivalent of glottalized oral), breathy-voiced nasal, prenasalized ɡlottalized (the voiced equivalent of glottalized), and a (pre)voiced ejective. (31 words)

Longer example sentences

With ejective clicks, for example, Miller finds that although the ejective release follows the click release, it is the rear closure of the click that is ejective, not an independently articulated consonant. (32 words)

Ejective processes, which expel cold gas from galaxies, may explain how more massive galaxies are quenched. citation One ejective mechanism is caused by supermassive black holes found in the centers of galaxies. (32 words)

Xoo dialect of Taa found several new manners: creaky voiced (the voiced equivalent of glottalized oral), breathy-voiced nasal, prenasalized ɡlottalized (the voiced equivalent of glottalized), and a (pre)voiced ejective. (31 words)

Example sentences (5)

With ejective clicks, for example, Miller finds that although the ejective release follows the click release, it is the rear closure of the click that is ejective, not an independently articulated consonant.

Ejective processes, which expel cold gas from galaxies, may explain how more massive galaxies are quenched. citation One ejective mechanism is caused by supermassive black holes found in the centers of galaxies.

Some languages have stops made with other mechanisms as well: ejective stops ( glottalic egressive ), implosive stops ( glottalic ingressive ), or click consonants ( lingual ingressive ).

The change from ejective to plain consonants in Proto-Afroasiatic is apparently regular in grammatical words (Kaiser and Shevoroshkin 1988; see also */tV/ instead of */tʼV/ above).

Xoo dialect of Taa found several new manners: creaky voiced (the voiced equivalent of glottalized oral), breathy-voiced nasal, prenasalized ɡlottalized (the voiced equivalent of glottalized), and a (pre)voiced ejective.

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "ejective" in a sentence?
An example: "With ejective clicks, for example, Miller finds that although the ejective release follows the click release, it is the rear closure of the click that is ejective, not an independently articulated consonant." This page contains 5 example sentences with the word "ejective" from authentic English texts.
What does "ejective" mean?
Ejective means: Serving to eject, or characterised by ejection.
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