consonant cluster simplificationn
see consonant cluster reduction
consonant harmonyn
consonant articulation agreement within a word. In first language acqui-
sition, children may pronounce a word like doggyas doddyor goggy. In
second language learning, a learner may find it difficult to pronounce a
word like synthesis, tending to say synsesis, synthethisor synthethithbecause
of consonant harmony.
see also manner of articulation, place of articulation
consonant systemn
the consonantsof a language form systems. For example, English has,
among other consonants, two parallel series of stops:
constituent analysisMaori, a Polynesian language, has only one series: /p /, /t /, /k / with no
voiceless/voiced contrast (see voice^2 ).constant comparison methodn
(in qualitative research) a method meant to generate grounded
theory within the logic of analytic induction. The basic processes of
the constant comparison method are the coding and grouping of data and
the formation of hypotheses in parallel with data collection. This contrasts
sharply with most methods of quantitative research, in which hypo-
theses are stated at the outset, then tested.
constative n
see performative
constituentn
a linguistic unit (usually in sentence analysis) which is part of a larger
construction (see constituent structure).
see also discontinuous constituent, chunking
constituent analysisn
also immediate constituent analysis