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Applosive means (phonology) An unreleased plosive, denoted ◌̚ in the IPA..
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/əˈpləʊ.sɪv/ · noun
(phonology) 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).
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Applosive means (phonology) An unreleased plosive, denoted ◌̚ in the IPA..
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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).
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