Compare sonorants (resonants), a class of speech sounds which includes vowels, approximants and nasals (but not fricatives), and contrasts with obstruents.
^Chalker, Sylvia. (1998). The Oxford dictionary of English grammar. Weiner, E. S. C., Oxford University Press. (1st rev. ed.). Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN978-0-19-172767-2. OCLC 49356718.
^"continuant" in Crystal, A dictionary of linguistics and phonetics, 6th ed, 2008
^Matthews, P.H. (2014). The Concise Oxford English Dictionary of Linguistics (3 ed.). Oxford University Press. ISBN9780191753060.
^"continuant" in Bussamann, Routledge dictionary of language and linguistics, 1996
^Matthews, P.H. (2014). The Concise Oxford English Dictionary of Linguistics (3 ed.). Oxford University Press. ISBN9780191753060.
continuant, mathematical, term, mathematics, phonetics, continuant, speech, sound, produced, without, complete, closure, oral, cavity, defintion, continuant, distinctive, feature, that, refers, sound, produced, with, incomplete, closure, vocal, tract, thus, en. For the mathematical term see Continuant mathematics In phonetics a continuant is a speech sound produced without a complete closure in the oral cavity By one defintion continuant is a distinctive feature that refers to any sound produced with an incomplete closure of the vocal tract thus encompassing all sounds including vowels except stops affricates and nasals 1 2 3 4 5 By another definition it refers exclusively to consonantal sounds produced with an incomplete closure of the oral cavity prototypically approximants and fricatives 6 7 but sometimes also trills 8 Compare sonorants resonants a class of speech sounds which includes vowels approximants and nasals but not fricatives and contrasts with obstruents See also EditList of phonetics topics Schwa SpectromorphologyReferences Edit continuant in Bussamann Routledge dictionary of language and linguistics 1996 Hayes Bruce 2009 Introductory Phonology Blackwell p 78 ISBN 978 1 4051 8411 3 Chalker Sylvia 1998 The Oxford dictionary of English grammar Weiner E S C Oxford University Press 1st rev ed Oxford Oxford University Press ISBN 978 0 19 172767 2 OCLC 49356718 continuant in Crystal A dictionary of linguistics and phonetics 6th ed 2008 Matthews P H 2014 The Concise Oxford English Dictionary of Linguistics 3 ed Oxford University Press ISBN 9780191753060 continuant in Bussamann Routledge dictionary of language and linguistics 1996 Matthews P H 2014 The Concise Oxford English Dictionary of Linguistics 3 ed Oxford University Press ISBN 9780191753060 Anderson Catherine Bjorkman Bronwyn Denis Derek Doner Julianne Grant Margaret Sanders Nathan Taniguchi Ai 2022 02 28 3 4 Describing consonants Manner Essentials of Linguistics 2nd ed McMaster University retrieved 2023 08 28 nbsp This phonology article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Continuant amp oldid 1172637725, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
