The Science of Language: Founded on Lectures Delivered at the Royal Institution in 1861 and 1863, Volume 2Longmans, Green and Company, 1899 |
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Page 119
... ( labialised , Germ . ) . j ( French ) , je . z , in zeal . w , in we . There are still some consonants in which the breath issues , not by a central aperture , but laterally , whether on both sides or on one . These are in English ...
... ( labialised , Germ . ) . j ( French ) , je . z , in zeal . w , in we . There are still some consonants in which the breath issues , not by a central aperture , but laterally , whether on both sides or on one . These are in English ...
Page 280
... labialise , and that the labialising languages do not assibilate their k's , g's , and gh's . There is , however , a third division of k's which are consistently neither assibilated in the assibilating nor labialised in the labialising ...
... labialise , and that the labialising languages do not assibilate their k's , g's , and gh's . There is , however , a third division of k's which are consistently neither assibilated in the assibilating nor labialised in the labialising ...
Page 281
... labialised . This is quite right in all cases where phonetic reasons have been discovered which prevent labialisation . We know , for instance , that initial velar k's are not labialised , if followed by consonants or by dark vowels ...
... labialised . This is quite right in all cases where phonetic reasons have been discovered which prevent labialisation . We know , for instance , that initial velar k's are not labialised , if followed by consonants or by dark vowels ...
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