On this page you'll find 8 example sentences with Semivowel. Discover the meaning, synonyms such as glide or phone and how to use the word correctly in a sentence.
Semivowel meaning
- A sound in speech which has some qualities of a consonant and some qualities of a vowel.
- A letter which represents a semivowel sound, such as w or y in English.
Using Semivowel
- The main meaning on this page is: A sound in speech which has some qualities of a consonant and some qualities of a vowel. | A letter which represents a semivowel sound, such as w or y in English.
- Useful related words include: glide, phone, speech sound, sound.
- In the example corpus, semivowel often appears in combinations such as: semivowel and, the semivowel.
Context around Semivowel
- Average sentence length in these examples: 26.4 words
- Position in the sentence: 2 start, 5 middle, 1 end
- Sentence types: 8 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Semivowel
- In this selection, "semivowel" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 26.4 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, terms, vowel, short and precedes stand out and add context to how "semivowel" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include include the semivowel short i and into a semivowel and part. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "semivowel" sits close to words such as aaaaa, aaba and aafc, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with semivowel
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Similarly, languages often avoid configurations where a semivowel precedes its corresponding vowel. (12 words)
Rhyme depends on a vowel and adjacent consonant (which may include the semivowel Short I ). (15 words)
Breaking seeAlso Vowel breaking, or fracture, caused a front vowel to be split into a semivowel-vowel sequence before a back vowel in the following syllable. (26 words)
The j-series represents the semivowel equivalent to English "y", and is used word-initially and as an intervocalic glide after a syllable ending in i: -a-jo for -αῖος main (-aios); a-te-mi-ti-jo for Ἀρτεμίτιος main (Artemitios). (41 words)
In addition, there are diphthongs and triphthongs which are analyzed as a vowel nucleus plus a semivowel ( /j/ or /w/ ) coda because they can not be followed by a final consonant. (31 words)
Difference from a vowel and semivowel While there are a number of similarities, diphthongs are not the same phonologically as a combination of a vowel and an approximant or glide. (30 words)
Example sentences (8)
Breaking seeAlso Vowel breaking, or fracture, caused a front vowel to be split into a semivowel-vowel sequence before a back vowel in the following syllable.
Difference from a vowel and semivowel While there are a number of similarities, diphthongs are not the same phonologically as a combination of a vowel and an approximant or glide.
In addition, there are diphthongs and triphthongs which are analyzed as a vowel nucleus plus a semivowel ( /j/ or /w/ ) coda because they can not be followed by a final consonant.
Other sequences are considered part of a glide formation process that turns a high vowel into a semivowel (and part of the syllable onset) when followed by another vowel.
Rhyme depends on a vowel and adjacent consonant (which may include the semivowel Short I ).
Semivowels main Some approximants resemble vowels in acoustic and articulatory properties and the terms semivowel and glide are often used for these non-syllabic vowel-like segments.
Similarly, languages often avoid configurations where a semivowel precedes its corresponding vowel.
The j-series represents the semivowel equivalent to English "y", and is used word-initially and as an intervocalic glide after a syllable ending in i: -a-jo for -αῖος main (-aios); a-te-mi-ti-jo for Ἀρτεμίτιος main (Artemitios).
Common combinations with semivowel
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: