Difference between revisions of "Postalveolar"

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In [[phonetics]], '''postalveolar''' is  a [[place of articulation]] that is characterized by the [[active articulator]] [[tip of the tongue]] and the [[passive articulator]] [[hard palate]] (behind the [[alveolar ridge]]).
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In [[phonetics]], '''postalveolar''' is  a [[place of articulation]] where the [[passive articulator]] is the region of the roof of the mouth immediately behind the [[alveolar ridge]].  A '''postalveolar''' is also any specific sound made with this place of articulation.
  
===Synonym===
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===Examples===
*[[apicopostalveolar]]
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[ʃ], [ʒ]
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===Subtypes===
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*[[apicopostalveolar]], where the active articulator is the [[tongue tip]].
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*[[laminopostalveolar]], where the  active articulator is the [[tongue blade]].
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===Synonyms===
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*[[palato-alveolar]]
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*([[alveopalatal]], [[alveolopalatal]])
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*([[palatal]])
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While often used as synonyms for this place of articulation, the terms ''[[alveopalatal]], [[alveolopalatal]],'' and ''[[palatal]]'' have broader, narrower, or entirely different meanings.
  
 
===Other languages===
 
===Other languages===

Revision as of 11:48, 15 March 2008

In phonetics, postalveolar is a place of articulation where the passive articulator is the region of the roof of the mouth immediately behind the alveolar ridge. A postalveolar is also any specific sound made with this place of articulation.

Examples

[ʃ], [ʒ]

Subtypes

Synonyms

While often used as synonyms for this place of articulation, the terms alveopalatal, alveolopalatal, and palatal have broader, narrower, or entirely different meanings.

Other languages

German postalveolar (de)