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
Clicks are
Ingressive
With clicks tongue needs to
Pull air in
With clicks air is
Rarefied (pressure drops) suction
Bilabial click
Similar to kissing (lips are not rounded though) more like p
Dental click
Tut tut, tsk tsk
Lateral click
Encourage horse to speed up
Alveolar/post alveolar click
Popping, clip clip
Palatalalveolar click
Tut tut
Velaric egressive sound
Closure at velum
Closure at front of oral cavity
Tongue moves up
Velaric egressive sound is physiologically possible but
Not used linguistically in the world
Speech disorders and clicks
Cleft palate- p to bilabial click
Articulation problems: s, sh,ch all become dental click
Down’s syndrome: stops, Fricatives-variety of clicks
Raspberry
Egressive Velaric airstream
Velaric mechanism
Sucking
E.g smoking
Drinking
Playing musical instruments
Smoking
Combination of airstreams- Velaric and pulmonic
Velaric airstream mechanism
Air-oral cavity (velum to lips)
Initiator-tongue
Articulation-closure at velum, closure at front of oral cavity
Ingressive Velaric mechanism
Tongue moves down
Pressure drops,air sucked in
Click sounds
Other airstreams
Oesophageal
Buccal airstream(from cheeks)
Air from closure at pharynx
