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Portuguese Phonetic Harmony and Syntax is a hard crossword puzzle with 11 clues covering . Play it online for free below, or create your own crossword with our free crossword maker.
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Portuguese Phonetic Harmony and Syntax
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- 1. Study of vowel distribution and articulation in Portuguese phonetics
- 2. Contraction of two vowels into one syllable, seen in Portuguese poetry
- 5. Phonological phenomenon where sounds swap places, found in Portuguese accents
- 6. Linguistic omission of sounds at the beginning, often in informal speech
- 7. Diacritical mark indicating nasalization in words like 'moço'
- 8. Relating to geographical dialect zones, like variations in pronunciation of 'praça'
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- 3. Term for words stressed on the penultimate syllable, common in 'moço'
- 4. Linguistic term for initial vowel phenomena, relevant in phonetic shifts
- 9. Rhetorical device opposing ideas, akin to contrasting 'braço' and 'laço'
- 10. Phonetic elision of sounds inside a word, common in spoken language
- 11. A word stressed on the last syllable, like 'almoço'
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