Nigerian government accepted the report of the Onwu Committee‚ which proposed eight vowel symbols‚ one consonant diacritic and nine consonant digraphs for Igbo. Eighteen monographic consonants were carried over from the previous orthographies‚ bringing the letters of the Igbo alphabet to number thirty-six (36). The following are the letters of the Igbo orthography (We use the asterisk "*"to indicate that a preceding vowel‚ or consonant in the case of "n*" is dotted): A‚ B‚
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1. Linguistic features of Germanic languages: vowels. Germanic languages also have some peculiarities in the sphere of vowel sounds‚ which distinguish them from other Indo-European languages. Their main characteristic feature in this sphere is the treatment of the Indo-European short vowels o and a and the long vowels o and a. Indo-European short o and a appear as short a languages. E.g.:in IE Germanic Russ. Яблоко germ. Apfel Lat. Noctem goth. Nahts Russ.ночь germ. Nacht Indo-European
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Our poem’s monosyllabic words -- the‚ and old‚ and dog‚ and up‚ and I‚ and can‚ and when‚ and he‚ and was‚ and a‚ and pup -- make use of all the vowel letters except the letter
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Term: intradermal Prefix intra Word Root(s) DERM Combining Vowel(s) N/A Combining Form(s) N/A Suffix Al Analysis Diagram INTRA/DERM/AL Plural Form n/a Abbreviation Prefix Definition Within; inside Word Root Definition(s) Skin Suffix Definition Pertaining to Definition (Technical) Definition (Layman) New Term from One Word Root Term: biopsy Prefix Bi Word Root(s) BI Combining Vowel(s) O Combining Form(s) OPSY Suffix Analysis Diagram Plural
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Understanding Phonetics Understanding Language series Series editors: Bernard Comrie‚ Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology‚ Leipzig‚ Germany Greville Corbett‚ Surrey Morphology Group‚ University of Surrey‚ UK The Understanding Language series provides approachable‚ yet authoritative‚ introductions to major topics in linguistics. Ideal for students with little or no prior knowledge of linguistics‚ each book carefully explains the basics‚ emphasising understanding of the
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HS111: Medical Terminology — Unit 3 Analysis Chart EXAMPLE TERM: pulmonology Prefix n/a Word Root(s) pulmon Combining Vowel(s) o Combining Form(s) pulmon/o Suffix -logy Analysis Diagram pulmon/o/logy Plural Form n/a Abbreviation n/a Prefix Definition n/a Word Root Definition(s) Lung Suffix Definition Study of Definition (Technical) Study of the lung (a branch of medicine dealing with diseases of the lung) Definition (Layman) An area of medicine that studies the lung and
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Introduction To Medical Terminology What is Medical Terminology? It is the language of medicine. When studying this subject you will find that most medical words are divided into 3 categories: terms made from word parts; terms not made from word parts; terms which are eponyms (condition named for a person who first studied/identified/researched the disorder/disease) About Word Parts Words made from word parts usually consist of 2-3 parts. First‚ there is the combining form or root part
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v pattern‚ which is supported by the orthography. This voicing is a relic of Old English; the unvoiced consonants between voiced vowels were ’colored’ with voicing. As the language became more analytic and less inflectional‚ final vowels/syllables stopped being pronounced. For example‚ a modern knife is a one syllable word instead of a two syllable word‚ with the vowel ’e’ not being pronounced. However‚ the voicing alternation between f and v still occurs. Explaining deeper we can tell that devoicing
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speakers use r in a similar way to link words ending with a vowel even where there is no “justification“ from the spelling. This has been called intrusive r. For example: ’media event ’ mi:dIɘr Ivent. -strong and weak forms – a strong form is the pronunciation variant of a given word which contains a strong vowel‚ and from which no sounds have been omitted. A weak form‚ on the other hand‚ is a pronunciation variant which contains a weak vowel‚ or from which one or more sounds have been omitted‚ according
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statements is incorrect? Palato- alveolar is the sound made A. as a very rapidly articulated non-syllabic segment B. with the tongue at the alveolar ridge C. just behind the alveolar ridge D. with the identical articulation to that of the long vowel [ i: ] 5. Which of the following symbols that corresponds to each of the following phonetic description: voiceless labiodental fricative A. [ f ] B. [ w ] C. [D ] D. [ v ] 6. Which of the following statements
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