Test 20170306 Articulation Flashcards
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Bilabial
bat, pat
Using both lips
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Dental
thin, then
using the tongue tip between or close behind the teeth
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Alveolar
ton, noon, thin, zoom, live
using tip or blade of the tongue and the teeth ridge
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Alveopalatial
sure, she, ships, shells
using the blade of the tongue and the back of the alveolar ridge
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Palatal
yikes, yelling
using the front of the tongue and the hard palate
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Velar
curl, girl, ring
using the back of the tongue and the soft palate (or velum)
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Glottal
hoon
using the space between the vocal folds
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Stop
pill, bill
Complete closure in the oral cavity
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Nasal
mill, rang
complete closure but with soft palate lowered so air flows through nose
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Fricative
pine, vine, thin, then
Two speech organs come close enough together to partially block airflow and create friction
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Affricate
chum, chin, gin
First a complete closure is made in the oral cavity and then there is a slow releas of air so that a fricative sound is made
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Lateral
lovely, lemon, liniment
A partial closure is made by the blade of the tongue agains the teeth ridge so that air can flow along the sides of the tongue and roof of the mouth
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Approximant
raw, war, jive
The speech organs come close toeach other but not enough that any audible turbulence is produced