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Sonorants meaning

plural of sonorant

Using Sonorants

  • The main meaning on this page is: plural of sonorant
  • In the example corpus, sonorants often appears in combinations such as: of sonorants, sonorants sonorants, sonorants are.

Context around Sonorants

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 22.6 words
  • Position in the sentence: 4 start, 2 middle, 1 end
  • Sentence types: 7 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Often before:

voiceless 1×

Often after:

complete 1× partial 1× may 1×

Sentence patterns with Sonorants

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

and other sonorants sonorants are 1× are called sonorants because they 1× as voiceless sonorants by old 1× devoicing of sonorants complete devoicing 1× devoicing of sonorants partial devoicing 1× other sonorants sonorants are sounds 1× sonorants are characterized 1× sonorants may also 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

examples english main 1× in old norwegian 1× manners without such 1× some egyptian syllables 1× sonorants are characterized 1× sonorants may also 1×

Common sentence endings:

are more abrupt 1× just environmentally voiceless 1× nearly always voiced 1× old norse times 1× the entire syllable 1× vowels and retraction 1×

Words around Sonorants

Just before it in the word index:

sonoran 33 sonora 92 sonoma 260 sonoluminescence 11 sonol 2 sonography 2

Just after it in the word index:

sonoraville 3 sonore 3 sonorities 3 sonority 7 sonorous 10 sonos 166

Similar in corpus frequency:

aad 10 aadhar 10 aaro 10 abels 10 abidin 10 abidine 10

Corpus analysis for Sonorants

  • In this selection, "sonorants" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 22.6 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, voiceless, complete, partial and may stand out and add context to how "sonorants" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include and other sonorants sonorants are and are called sonorants because they. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "sonorants" sits close to words such as aad, aadhar and aaro, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with sonorants

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

Sonorants may also be contrastively, not just environmentally, voiceless. (9 words)

Sonorants are characterized by a more smooth and continuous sound, while voiceless stops are more abrupt. (16 words)

Manners without such obstruction (nasals, liquids, approximants, and also vowels ) are called sonorants because they are nearly always voiced. (19 words)

Longer example sentences

In Old Norwegian, Old Danish and later Old Swedish the groups hl, hr, hn were reduced to plain l, r, n, suggesting that they were most likely realised as voiceless sonorants by Old Norse times. (35 words)

Examples English main There are many allophonic processes in English, like lack of plosion, nasal plosion, partial devoicing of sonorants, complete devoicing of sonorants, partial devoicing of obstruents, lengthening and shortening vowels, and retraction. (34 words)

Voiceless vowels and other sonorants Sonorants are sounds such as vowels and nasals that are voiced in most of the world's languages. (23 words)

Example sentences (7)

Examples English main There are many allophonic processes in English, like lack of plosion, nasal plosion, partial devoicing of sonorants, complete devoicing of sonorants, partial devoicing of obstruents, lengthening and shortening vowels, and retraction.

Voiceless vowels and other sonorants Sonorants are sounds such as vowels and nasals that are voiced in most of the world's languages.

Sonorants are characterized by a more smooth and continuous sound, while voiceless stops are more abrupt.

In Old Norwegian, Old Danish and later Old Swedish the groups hl, hr, hn were reduced to plain l, r, n, suggesting that they were most likely realised as voiceless sonorants by Old Norse times.

Manners without such obstruction (nasals, liquids, approximants, and also vowels ) are called sonorants because they are nearly always voiced.

Some Egyptian syllables had sonorants but no vowels; in Sahidic, these were written in Coptic with a line above the entire syllable.

Sonorants may also be contrastively, not just environmentally, voiceless.

Common combinations with sonorants

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "sonorants" in a sentence?
An example: "Examples English main There are many allophonic processes in English, like lack of plosion, nasal plosion, partial devoicing of sonorants, complete devoicing of sonorants, partial devoicing of obstruents, lengthening and shortening vowels, and retraction." This page contains 7 example sentences with the word "sonorants" from authentic English texts.
What does "sonorants" mean?
Sonorants means: plural of sonorant
How many example sentences with "sonorants" are there?
Voorbeeldzinnen.info contains 7 example sentences with "sonorants", drawn from a database of millions of English sentences.