consonanthood
nounEtymology From consonant + -hood.
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Human sciences, Linguistics, Phonology, Sciences The property of being a consonant.
- However, since timing tiers lack the information of consonanthood and vowelhood in other syllable theories, consonanthood and vowelhood must be defined in different ways depending on phonological theories.1997, Hyeon-Kwan Cho, A Phonological Analysis of Consonantal Assimilations and Consonant-vowel Interactions, page 159:
- The physiological identity of syllabic consonants on the other hand, their consonanthood, is left unrecorded.2012, Tobias Scheer, What is CVCV and why should it be?, page 300:
- Synonyms
- consonantism