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[abrupt]<\/h1>\n\n\n\n
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Counterpart<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

[continuant]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Feature System<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Jakobsonian Features<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

Definition<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The feature [abrupt] describes the silence before or after \u201ca spread of energy over a wide frequency region, either as a burst or as a rapid transition of vowel formants\u201d (Jakobson & Halle 1968:430).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Purpose<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The feature [abrupt] describes the manner of the transition between sound and silence and distinguishes \u201cplosives from constrictives\u201d (Jakobson & Halle 1968:430).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

History<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

\u00a0The term [abrupt] was used briefly in 1968 as the opposite of [continuant<\/strong>]. It is defined and used under the same terms that described both [interrupted<\/strong>] and [intercepted<\/strong>]. The feature [continuant] was favored when [abrupt] was quickly abandoned.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

References<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Jakobson, Roman; and Morris Halle. 1968. Phonology in relation to phonetics. Manual of phonetics<\/em>, ed. by Bertil Malmberg, 411-449. Amsterdam: North Holland.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Further Reading<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Harms, Robert T. 1968. Introduction to phonological theory<\/em>. Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-Hall.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Author<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Ainsley Graf<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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