Segments that aresonorous, stressed, or realized with high pitch are said to be particularly salient.From theCambridge English Corpus
The composer has devoted numerous essays, articles, as well as his book to exposing his ideas on the aesthetics 'ofsonorousnaturalism'.From theCambridge English Corpus
In particular, moresonorousvowels are constrained from appearing in stressless positions, and less sonorous vowels are constrained from appearing in stressed positions.From theCambridge English Corpus
The facility of writingsonorousand swelling sentences is nearly as common.From theCambridge English Corpus
The basic materials are limited, and a clear structure is developed combining purely graphic andsonorousconsiderations.From theCambridge English Corpus
He argues that the latter show a tendency to become more harmonicsonorousmargins.From theCambridge English Corpus
The electronic transformation is fixed, but there is the possibility of thesonorousaccident which presents itself and could well belong to the subject.From theCambridge English Corpus
The second scale entails a preference forsonorouscodas.From theCambridge English Corpus
It opens with a series of fanfare-like gestures in the strings, punctuated bysonorouschords and driving semiquaver figuration from the piano.From theCambridge English Corpus
This avoids a bad syllabic contact where a coda is followed by a moresonorousonset.From theCambridge English Corpus
The bass end of the register is notablysonorous, enhanced by the addition of a contrabass clarinet.From theCambridge English Corpus
The most striking feature, which they all share, is the inexhaustible brilliance and masterly assurance of thesonorousand completely grateful writing for piano.From theCambridge English Corpus
In this case, we invoke the requirement that the lesssonorousstop is a better onset than the moresonorousfricative.From theCambridge English Corpus
Moreover, the child has to come with knowledge that head selection depends on position : mostsonorousfor nucleus, leastsonorousfor onsets.From theCambridge English Corpus
This situation can be rectified by adding a constraint against the appearance ofsonorousvowels in unstressed positions.From theCambridge English Corpus
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