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devoice
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de·voice  (d-vois)
tr.v. de·voiced, de·voic·ing, de·voic·es
To pronounce (a normally voiced sound) without vibration of the vocal chords so as to make it wholly or partly voiceless.
devoice [diːˈvɔɪs], devocalize, devocalise [diːˈvəʊkəˌlaɪz]
vb
(Linguistics / Phonetics & Phonology) (tr) Phonetics to make (a voiced speech sound) voiceless
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Verb1.devoice - utter with tense vocal chords
enounce, enunciate, pronounce, sound out, articulate, say - speak, pronounce, or utter in a certain way; "She pronounces French words in a funny way"; "I cannot say `zip wire'"; "Can the child sound out this complicated word?"
vocalize, voice, vocalise, sound - utter with vibrating vocal chords
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Furthermore, words in utterance final position were excluded since they were subject to final lengthening and, in many cases, devoicing.
Prominence and gemination in Ingrian/[TEXT NOT REPRODUCIBLE IN ASCII] by Gordon, Matthew / Linguistica Uralica
Here belong palatalisations and transformations of velar fricatives, devoicing of final plosives, metatheses, loss of [n] in unaccented syllables, transformations of some newly created sequences of consonants, processes of spirantisation and despirantisation, and an occasional loss of the semivowel [w], as in swylc > such, etc.
Karl Luick's Historische Grammatik and medieval English consonant ... by Welna, Jerzy / Studia Anglica Posnaniensia: international review of English Studies
This accounts for the devoicing part of Grimm's Law (see 1a).
The mechanism of substrate impact on superstrate: assessing Uralic ... by Ehala, Martin; Uprus, Tene / Linguistica Uralica
 
 
 
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