Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The principle of trusting to chance; fortuitous selection.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun rare Casual choice; fortuitous selection; hazard.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun linguistics A
sound change in which aconsonant becomes morefortis . - noun obsolete
casual choice ;fortuitous selection ;hazard
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Examples
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The fortition of laryngeals before the sibilant is just commonsense linguistics and doesn't require a more fanciful explanation beyond that.
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Tropylium: "An idea that intrigues me would be non-compensatory lengthening based on foot type considerations, similar to the theory of gradation by fortition proposed for Finno-Samic."
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An idea that intrigues me would be non-compensatory lengthening based on foot type considerations, similar to the theory of gradation by fortition proposed for Finno-Samic.
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The sound change would be sporadic but not without credible phonetic motivation since the height of the vowel e and the preceding palatal l which is naturally +high as well might have lacked sufficient saliency for speakers to maintain without further fortition of the preceding m.
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The sound change would be sporadic but not without credible phonetic motivation since the height of the vowel e and the preceding palatal l which is naturally +high as well might have lacked sufficient saliency for speakers to maintain without further fortition of the preceding m.
Archive 2008-04-01 2008
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Both gemination and creaky phonation are a form of fortition.
Precising on a new rule to explain Pre-IE word-final voicing 2008
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