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postvocalic

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post·vo·cal·ic  (pstv-klk)
adj.
1. Designating a consonant or consonantal sound directly following a vowel.
2. Of, relating to, or being a form of a linguistic element, such as a suffix or word, that occurs only after vowels.
postvocalic [ˌpəʊstvəˈkælɪk]
adj
(Linguistics / Phonetics & Phonology) Phonetics following a vowel
Translations
postvocalic [ˌpəʊstvəʊˈkælɪk] ADJ → posvocálico
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Denton (2003) examines the various effects of /r/ in early Germanic dialects and concludes that, whereas Proto-Germanic *r may have begun as an apical trill at least in onset positions, it was definitely weakened in postvocalic positions in North and West Germanic, developing approximant allophones.
A Shibboleth upon their tongues: early English /r/ revisited by Gasiorowski, Piotr / Studia Anglica Posnaniensia: international review of English Studies
Barton argues for a near-piratical postvocalic "r" in early modern English.
"Spayk the speech oy prithee": dialects of Shakespeare's England and ... by Harrington, Alexander; Ames, Justin; McGill, Margaret; Miller, Corrina / The Upstart Crow
ABSTRACT Metathesis, a specific phonological development consisting in an alteration within the sequence of sounds in a word was usually materialised in the development of English as a shift of a prevocalic consonant to a postvocalic position or vice versa.
Metathetic and non-metathetic form selection in Middle English by Welna, Jerzy / Studia Anglica Posnaniensia: international review of English Studies
 
 
 
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