gheada

Definitions

the lenition of the voiced velar stop in the Galician language.

uncountable

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Examples

“This variety is a non-standard phonological register⟳ characterized by gheada [heáða], that is, the fricativization and devoicing of the voiced velar stop⟳: /ɡ/ -> [ɣ] (other variants are [x], [h]; for a review⟳ of the phenomenon see⟳ for example Alvarez Cáccamo 1989b:261-65).”

“In contrast to the phenomena of open⟳ and close⟳ vowels, the presence or absence of the gheada is still one of the most prominent phonetic features of present-day Galician.”

“In addition to these feelings of inappropriateness, there are two features of the local dialects that still seem to be stigmatized among my informants: the gheada and the Galician pitch pattern.”

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