Difference between revisions of "Place of articulation"

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(Place is a constriction, not necessarily made by the tongue (cf bilabial, pharyngeal, glottal) - adjusted the text to reflect this. Added "pharyngeal" to main list, and added short list of less common POAs (as mentioned in introductory paragraph).)
 
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In [[phonetics]], the '''place of articulation''' refers to the part of the mouth where the tongue is placed to produce a particular sound. There are about ten commonly used places of articulation, and a few less commonly used ones.
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In [[phonetics]], the '''place of articulation''' refers to the part of the [[vocal tract]] where the constriction is made to produce a particular sound. There are eleven commonly-used places of articulation, and a few less commonly used ones.
  
===List of places of articulation===
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===List of main places of articulation===
 
*[[bilabial]]
 
*[[bilabial]]
 
*[[labiodental]]
 
*[[labiodental]]
*[[apicodental]]
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*[[apicodental]] (also known as "dental" or "interdental")
 
*[[alveolar]]
 
*[[alveolar]]
*[[postalveolar]]
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*[[postalveolar]] (also known as "alveo-palatal" or "palato-alveolar")
 
*[[retroflex]]
 
*[[retroflex]]
 
*[[palatal]]
 
*[[palatal]]
 
*[[velar]]
 
*[[velar]]
 
*[[uvular]]
 
*[[uvular]]
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*[[pharyngeal]]
 
*[[glottal]]
 
*[[glottal]]
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===Less-commonly-used places of articulation===
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*[[alveolopalatal]]
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*[[epiglottal]]
  
 
===Other languages===
 
===Other languages===

Latest revision as of 18:12, 2 June 2015

In phonetics, the place of articulation refers to the part of the vocal tract where the constriction is made to produce a particular sound. There are eleven commonly-used places of articulation, and a few less commonly used ones.

List of main places of articulation

Less-commonly-used places of articulation

Other languages

German Artikulationsort

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