nonpalatalization
nounUK / nɒnpælətəlaɪˈzeɪʃən/ · US / nɒnpælətəlɪˈzeɪʃən/
Etymology From non- + palatalization.
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Human sciences, Linguistics, Phonology, Sciences The state or quality of not being palatalized, of not pronouncing a sound with the tongue against the palate of the mouth.
- The presence or absence of the palatalization is marked by the following vowels (or by one of two special letters, ъ, the 'hard sign', denoting the nonpalatalization, and ь, the soft sign noting the palletization).2012, Martin Neef, Anneke Neijt, Richard Sproat, The Relation of Writing to Spoken Language, page 59:
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Human sciences, Linguistics, Phonology, Sciences An instance of pronunciation in which a sound is nonpalatalized.