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Chroneme

Distinguishing feature of a sound system by vowel or consonant length

⟨ ⟩, see IPA § Brackets and transcription delimiters. In linguistics, a chroneme is an abstract phonological suprasegmental feature used to signify contrastive

Chroneme

Minimal pair

Two words that differ in only one element of their pronunciation

differ in only one phonological element, such as a phoneme, toneme or chroneme, and have distinct meanings. They are used to demonstrate that two phones

Minimal pair

Minimal_pair

Mora (linguistics)

Theoretical smallest unit of timing

the conjoined consonants rt render the normally light ka syllable heavy. Chroneme Compensatory lengthening Dreimorengesetz On (Japanese prosody) Pitch accent

Mora (linguistics)

Mora_(linguistics)

Vowel length

Duration of a vowel sound

consonant gradation: haka → haan. In some cases, it is caused by a following chroneme, which is etymologically a consonant: jää "ice" ← Proto-Uralic *jäŋe. In

Vowel length

Vowel_length

Consonant gradation

Phonetic phenomenon in Uralic languages

For example, the 3rd person singular suffix *-pi is represented by a chroneme, i.e. a lengthening of the preceding vowel; e.g. *tule-βi 's/he comes'

Consonant gradation

Consonant_gradation

Affricate

Consonant that begins as a stop and releases as a fricative

common. Affricates may also have phonemic length, that is, affected by a chroneme, as in Italian and Karelian. In phonology, affricates tend to behave similarly

Affricate

Contrastive

Topics referred to by the same term

Contrastive wa; see Japanese grammar Contrastive units, a basic unit of sound Chroneme Phoneme Contrast (disambiguation) This disambiguation page lists articles

Contrastive

Syllable

Unit of organization for a sequence of speech sounds

are much more restricted; Japanese, for example, only allows /ɴ/ and a chroneme in a coda, and theoretically has no consonant clusters at all, as the onset

Syllable

English phonology

Phonology of the English language

"short", such as the long a in make versus the short a in cat. While the chroneme framework established by Daniel Jones formalized these strictly quantitative

English phonology

English_phonology

Length (phonetics)

Feature of sound based on extended duration

feature of a specific sound segment, but rather of the whole syllable. Chroneme Extra-short Colon (letter) Clark, John; Yallop, Collin; Fletcher, Janet

Length (phonetics)

Length_(phonetics)

Phoneme

Basic unit of phonology

acoustic term "sibilant". In the description of some languages, the term chroneme has been used to indicate contrastive length or duration of phonemes. In

Phoneme

Viseme

Any of several speech sounds that look the same, for example when lip reading

recognition, and computer facial animation. Seme – Smallest unit of meaning Chroneme – Distinguishing feature of a sound system by vowel or consonant length

Viseme

Lenition

Consonant sound change

encountered, as in Finnish, where the lenited grade is represented by chronemes, approximants, taps or even trills. For example, Finnish used to have

Lenition

Japanese phonology

Phonological system of the Japanese language

length mark ー is used) that adds a mora to the preceding vowel sound (a chroneme). Another analysis interprets long vowels as sequences of the same vowel

Japanese phonology

Japanese_phonology

Partitive case

Grammatical case denoting "partialness", "without result" or "without specific identity"

the assimilation of the final -a into a preceding vowel, thus making the chroneme the partitive marker. For example, suurii → suuria "some big --". In Estonian

Partitive case

Partitive_case

Gemination

Articulation of a consonant for a longer period of time

[ˈvannə] 'bathtub') may occur in several situations. Minimal pairs (or chronemes) exist, such as подержать [pədʲɪrˈʐatʲ] 'to hold' vs поддержать [pədʲːɪrˈʐatʲ]

Gemination

Finnish conjugation

Aspect of verbs in the Finnish language

forms, such as teen. In some colloquial forms, the 'e' is rendered as a chroneme instead: nään instead of näen, etc. Spoken Finnish adds some more irregular

Finnish conjugation

Finnish_conjugation

Colloquial Finnish

Spoken form of the Finnish language

Finnish. Especially in Helsinki they assimilate, where only the resulting chroneme marks the partitive in many words. puhun suomea — puhun suomee "I speak

Colloquial Finnish

Colloquial_Finnish