Elhangzó
Elhangzó is a linguistic term used in Hungarian to denote the actual spoken realization of a linguistic unit in a given context—the surface form that is heard when a word, morpheme, or phoneme is pronounced. It is the audible result of phonetic realization and phonological processes that operate in connected speech, such as assimilation, reduction, or allophony. The concept helps distinguish between abstract representations (like phonemic or orthographic forms) and what is ultimately produced in speech.
Etymology and usage: The word is built from el- (a prefix meaning outward or away) and hangzó
Relation to other concepts: Elhangzó corresponds to the widely used idea of the surface form or phonetic
Typical scope: The term is most common in Hungarian-language linguistic texts, language pedagogy, and descriptive phonology.
See also: surface form, phonetic realization, allophone, phonology, phonetics.
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