(n.) A sound intermediate between a vowel and a consonant, or partaking of the nature of both, as in the English w and y.
(n.) The sign or letter representing such a sound.
Example Sentences:
(1) High correlations were evident between accelerometric and EAI values when a stimulus sentence contained obstruents, semivowels, and vowels.
(2) The features can be divided into those which separate the semivowels from other sounds and those which distinguish among the semivowels.
(3) Acoustic correlates of these features were investigated in this study of the semivowels.
(4) Analysis of individual subject data found that children who identified self-produced semivowels most successfully were the same children whose semivowels exhibited the most second formant frequency and transition rate differences in the previous production experiment.
(5) These languages also differ in their patterns of coarticulation between semivowels and adjacent vowels.
(6) Cross-language differences were found between what are described as the same semivowels, i.e.
(7) The children, parents, and raters were much more successful in identifying correctly produced semivowels than misarticulated ones.
(8) Acoustic properties related to the linguistic features which characterize the semivowels in American English were quantified and analyzed statistically.
(9) Children with correct semivowels produced distinctive formant frequency patterns for semivowels that were similar to those previously reported in the literature for adults and children.
(10) Confusion patterns also varied across listening conditions, especially for the nasal and semivowel stimuli.
(11) Six- to seven-month-old infants were tested on their ability to discriminate among three speech sounds which differed on the basis of formant-transition duration, a major cue to distinctions among stop, semivowel and diphthong classes.
(12) No correlation existed between DME and accelerometric values when the stimulus sentences contained primarily nasal semivowels and vowels.
(13) Using synthesized speech and normal-hearing subjects, it was found that this mode of presentation reduced the recognition scores with stop consonants by about 6%, semivowels by about 4%, and fricatives by about 5%, compared with binaural presentation.
(14) Nonetheless, the semivowels differ in systematic ways from the vowels in directions that make them more 'consonantal'.
Vocalic
Definition:
(a.) Of or pertaining to vowel sounds; consisting of the vowel sounds.
Example Sentences:
(1) We present numerical methods for studying the relationship between the shape of the vocal tract and its acoustic output.
(2) Brewdog backs down over Lone Wolf pub trademark dispute Read more The fast-growing Scottish brewer, which has burnished its underdog credentials with vocal criticism of how major brewers operate , recently launched a vodka brand called Lone Wolf.
(3) This variability, coupled with the lack of extreme specificity in the secondary auditory cortex, suggests that secondary cortical neurons are not well suited for the role of "vocalization detectors."
(4) Unilateral lesions of n. intercollicularis (previously implicated in the control of vocal behavior) had little effect on song.
(5) Results of the present study show that epithelial cells of ciliated columnar type covering vocal cords change remarkably to nonciliated squamous cells between prenatal and postnatal stages.
(6) He has also been a vocal opponent of gay marriage, appearing on the Today programme in the run-up to the same-sex marriage bill to warn that it would "cause confusion" – and asking in a Spectator column, after it was passed, "if the law will eventually be changed to allow one to marry one's dog".
(7) Using a special electromyographic hypodermic needle, we injected botulinum A toxin into one of the vocal folds of two patients with severe spasmodic dysphonia.
(8) It is hypothesized that the first group contains predominantly or exclusively "primary" vocalization substrates; the second group is thought to be composed mainly of structures whose stimulation yields vocalization secondarily due to stimulus induced motivational changes.
(9) The system has been validated for monitoring ultrasonic vocalizations in the mouse.
(10) In addition to vocal cord paralysis on the laryngoscopy, videofluoroscopy confirmed diminished mobility of the soft palate.
(11) However, there is no reported study which compares the long-term outcome of patients with vocal cord nodules treated surgically with those treated with a combination of surgery and speech therapy, and those treated only with speech therapy.
(12) The capability to determine accurately vocal tract dimensions is a major advantage of this imaging technique.
(13) In a fairly high percentage of patients we noted a long-lasting positive result in respect of vocal performance, despite persisting vocal cord paresis.
(14) Here a diaphragm support breath pattern was used in voice therapy for patients with vocal nodules, recurrent laryngeal nerve paralysis, and incomplete glottal closure.
(15) The hypersensitivity, termed allodynia, where the animals reacted by vocalization to nonnoxious mechanical stimuli in the flank area, was consistently observed during several days after induction of the ischemia.
(16) He is a vocal critic of Putin and the leader of the United Civil Front opposition group.
(17) Familial vocal cord dysfunction is a rare condition that has been reported in only a few instances.
(18) A significant counter-example is now demonstrated in the production of a common vocalization by the black-capped chickadee (Parus atricapillus), in which the two acoustic sources interact in a nonlinear fashion.
(19) the operational efficiency of the neuromuscular phonatory control system, and the quality of vocal function.
(20) The published literature contains relatively few references to vocal rehabilitation for persons with partial laryngectomy.