1) semivowel. The American HeritageŽ Dictionary of the English Language:
Fourth Edition. 2000.
...A sound that has the quality of one of the high vowels, as () or (), and that functions as a consonant before or after vowels, as the initial sounds of yell and well...
2) W. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...letter of the alphabet, in form a doubled u or v. It is the usual symbol of a voiced bilabial semivowel, as in the English wing. The same semivowel occurs as second...
3) DIPHTHONG. The Columbia Guide to Standard American English. 1993
...sound beginning with the sound of one vowel and moving to or toward another vowel or semivowel sound within the same syllable: the words cow and joy can be described...
4) Y. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...was pronounced like u; the Romans used it for Greek words. In English y mainly represents the semivowel occurring in words such as yet; the same semivowel is the...
5) umlaut. The American HeritageŽ Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth
Edition. 2000.
...1a. A change in a vowel sound caused by partial assimilation especially to a vowel or semivowel occurring in the following syllable. b. A vowel sound changed in this...
6) CONSONANTS 1, THE AMERICAN ENGLISH. The Columbia Guide to Standard American
English. 1993
...bed f fad awful staff g gas haggard bag h hat ahold far (as in r-less dialects, or as semivowel only) j jib midget badge k king baker sack I less mellow mill m meat...
7) glide. The American HeritageŽ Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth
Edition. 2000.
...by passing from the articulatory position of one speech sound to that of another. b. See semivowel. Middle English gliden, from Old English gldan. See ghel-2 in Appendix...
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