Gemination

Definition of 'gemination' 1. the act or state of being doubled or paired. 2. the doubling of a consonant.

1. What is gemination and example?
2. What is gemination in English literature?
3. What is gemination rule?
4. What is Italian consonant gemination?

What is gemination and example?

Gemination is found across words and across morphemes when the last consonant in a given word and the first consonant in the following word are the same fricative, nasal, or stop. For instance: b: subbasement [ˌsʌbˈbeɪsmənt] d: midday [mɪdˈdeɪ]

What is gemination in English literature?

Gemination is usually defined as a phonetic doubling (cf. Latin geminus 'twin'); however, phonetic length (as opposed to a sin- gle or nongeminated segment) is a more accu- rate designation (see Matthews 1997:141, who cites Italian atto [at o] 'act', making refer- ence only to 'doubling').

What is gemination rule?

of Engliah. ABSTRACT: Gemination is a phonetic phenomenon whereby two identical /sounds/ co-occur in one word or at words boundaries. The co-occurrence of two identical sounds doesn't matter, what matters is their pronunciation.

What is Italian consonant gemination?

To sum up, Italian is characterized by two types of gemination: lexical and syntactic. In standard Italian, lexical geminate consonants only occur within words (that is, never in initial position), while initial consonants of words may become geminated due to the syntactic gemination effect.