applosive en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /əˈploʊ.sɪv/ (General-American)
- /əˈpləʊ.sɪv/ (Received-Pronunciation)
Etymology
From a- + plosive.
Meanings
-
An unreleased plosive, denoted ◌̚ in the IPA.
Our recent fiber-optic studies on applosives (unreleased plosives) in the word-final position in Fukienese, a dialect of southern China, revealed interesting findings on larygeneal adjustment (Iwata et al., 1979).
1983, Peter F. MacNeilage, editor, The Production of Speech, Springer Science & Business Media, →ISBN:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| applosives | Number=Plur | lexicographic |