semivowel in the Oxford-Paravia Italian Dictionary

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semivowel [Brit ˈsɛmɪvaʊ(ə)l, Am ˈsɛmiˌvaʊ(ə)l, ˈsɛˌmaɪˌvaʊ(ə)l] N

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However, when immediately followed by the corresponding semivowel, they appear as "ajj, aww, eww, iww".
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Similarly, languages often avoid configurations where a semivowel precedes its corresponding vowel.
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Most importantly, diphthongs are fully contained in the syllable nucleus while a semivowel or glide is restricted to the syllable boundaries (either the onset or the coda).
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The spirant approximant can only appear in the syllable onset (including word-initially, where the semivowel never appears).
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Subsequently, their value has fluctuated through history between a consonant and a vowel; the term semivowel thus reflects the intermediate historical as well as phonetic position of this sound.
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A vowel is also understood to be syllabic: an equivalent open but non-syllabic sound is called a semivowel.
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It is not often clear, however, whether such sequences involve a semivowel (a consonant) or a diphthong (a vowel), and in many cases that may not be a meaningful distinction.
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The labialization feature is phonetically realized by the semivowel between a consonant margin and a vowel nucleus, as in, meaning razor.
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Fortis "m" was probably a normal, while lenis "m" was a nasalized semivowel, perhaps tending towards a nasalized fricative or when palatalized.
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For example, don't consider the labiodental approximant to be a semivowel, while proposes that it should be considered one.
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