Airstream Mechanisms: Velaric Flashcards
Velaric airstream mechanism has three names
Velaric
Oralic
Lingual
Velaric means
Main initiator as Velum (soft palate)
Oralic means
As initiation performed in the oral cavity
Lingual means
As main initiator as tongue
Airstream from oral cavity, air exists between
Velum and lips. Only air from velum to lips, no pulmonic or Glottalic air
Requires constriction at back of oral cavity
No air from lungs/glottis to velum
Air exists between
Velum and lips
Only air from velum to lips no
Pulmonic or Glottalic air
The tongue as initiator, initiation of air
Front/blade of tongue moving up or down or forward or back
Velar if airstream, tongue pushes
Air out or pulls air in
Velaric sounds
Non English sounds
But used in English as expressions
Clicks
Articulation with Velaric airstream
Closure in oral cavity
Place of articulation for click
Bilabial,dental, alveolar
For articulation in verlaric airstream need both closure at
Velum and in front part of oral cavity
Clicks require
Closure at velum
Front/blade of tongue as initiator
Front/blade of tongue moves down
Ingressive Velaric airstream