postvocalic
/ˌpoʊstvoʊˈkælɪk/
adjective
- Occurring immediately after a vowel sound.
- Linguists study postvocalic consonants to understand how sounds change in different accents.
- In the word 'art,' the 'r' is postvocalic because it follows the vowel 'a.'
- The postvocalic 'l' in 'ball' is pronounced differently from the 'l' at the beginning of 'light.'
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