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A '''stop''' is a [[manner of articulation]], a [[consonant]] where air is held back when uttering it. | A '''stop''' is a [[manner of articulation]], a [[consonant]] where air is held back when uttering it. | ||
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+ | In a more precise phonetic terminology, stops also include noncontinuant nasals, like [m], [n], [ɲ], or [ŋ]. The phonologist's stop is the phoneticians '''plosive''' or '''explosive'''. | ||
===Examples found in English=== | ===Examples found in English=== |
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A stop is a manner of articulation, a consonant where air is held back when uttering it.
Comments
In a more precise phonetic terminology, stops also include noncontinuant nasals, like [m], [n], [ɲ], or [ŋ]. The phonologist's stop is the phoneticians plosive or explosive.
Examples found in English
[p], [b], [t], [d], [k], [g], and, nonphonemically, [ʔ]