Difference between revisions of "Postalveolar"

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===Subtypes===
 
===Subtypes===
*[[apicopostalveolar]], where the active articulator is the [[tongue tip]].
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*[[apico-postalveolar]], where the active articulator is the [[tongue tip]].
*[[laminopostalveolar]], where the  active articulator is the [[tongue blade]].
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*[[lamino-postalveolar]], where the  active articulator is the [[tongue blade]].
  
 
===Synonyms===
 
===Synonyms===

Revision as of 11:49, 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)