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labialization

Noun CEFR C1

Definitions

A secondary articulatory feature of usually consonants that involves the contraction or rounding of the lips (labia) during pronunciation.

countable, uncountable

Equivalents

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Examples

“These labialized stops are of course nothing but positionally determined allophones of the [t] and the [k] phoneme, and their labialization is non-distinctive”
“The second question⟳ concerns the reasons for the labialization of this suffix in [1.3] - in the case of artukluk one immediately thinks of an assimilation (*u - ı > u - u)”

CEFR level

C1
Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
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See also

Labially labiaplasty labiate labiated bear labiatic acid Labiau

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