preocclusion
nounEtymology From pre- + occlusion.
1
The (phonological process, seen for example in Manx, of) insertion of a short stop before a sonorant, such as a [d] before an [n] or [l] (resulting in the preoccluded consonants [ᵈn] and [ᵈl]).
- Synonyms
- prestopping, pre-stopping, preplosion
- Related terms
- pre-occluded, preoccluded, prestopped, pre-stopped, preploded