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Entertainment / Literature / Athematic Verb: Algeo defines this as 'An Indo-European verb stem formed without a thematic vowel' (313). The letter m in Modern English verb am is a remnant of an Indo-European athematic verb ending. MORE
Entertainment / Literature / Semivowel: A sound articulated in the same way as a vowel sound, but which functions like a consonant typically. Examples include [w] and [y]. In some languages such as Welsh, these can function as graphemes for MORE
Entertainment / Literature / Rounded Vowel: A vowel made with the lips sticking out--i.e., all of the back vowels except [a]. MORE
Entertainment / Literature / Short Vowel: As Algeo defines it, 'A vowel of lesser duration than a corresponding long vowel' (329). MORE
Entertainment / Literature / Spread Vowel: Also called an unrounded vowel, in linguistics, a vowel made with the corners of the lips retracted so the lips are against the teeth. See unrounding. MORE
Entertainment / Literature / Thematic Vowel: In linguistics, a vowel attached to the end of an Indo-European root word to form a stem. MORE