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soft g
Noun
Japanese Meaning
『soft g』とは、音韻論において『gem』『giraffe』『generation』などで見られるような/g/が/dʒ/（または時に/ʒ/）として発音される音を指す用語です。これは『get』『give』などで発音される硬い（ハード）gとの区別のために使用されます。
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(phonology) The g
sound pronounced /dʒ/ as in gem
, giraffe
and generation
(or sometimes or /ʒ/ as in genre
), as distinct from the hard g of get
and give
.
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soft g
Linguists often debate whether the soft g in words like 'giant' is a distinct phoneme.
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Linguists often debate whether the soft g in words like 'giant' is a distinct phoneme.
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