Articulation

Of pronunciation.

The aspect of pronunciation that involves bringing articulatory organs together so as to shape the sounds of speech.

This concept's ID is @1~38110

Contains

  • diction 1 facts

    The articulation of speech regarded from the point of view of its intelligibility to the...

  • syncopation 0 facts

    (phonology) the loss of sounds from within a word (as in `fo'c'sle' for `forecastle...

  • sandhi 0 facts

    The articulatory process whereby the pronunciation of a word or morpheme changes when it...

  • thickness 0 facts

    Indistinct articulation; "judging from the thickness of his speech he had been drinking...

  • trill 0 facts

    The articulation of a consonant (especially the consonant `r') with a rapid flutter of the...

  • affrication 0 facts

    The conversion of a simple stop consonant into an affricate.

  • aspiration 0 facts

    A manner of articulation involving an audible release of breath.

  • epenthesis 0 facts

    The insertion of a vowel or consonant into a word to make its pronunciation easier; "the...

  • nasalization 0 facts

    The act of nasalizing; the utterance of sounds modulated by the nasal resonators.

  • retroflection 0 facts

    An articulatory gesture made by turning the tip of the tongue back against the roof...