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
The articulation of speech regarded from the point of view of its intelligibility to the...
- syncopation
(phonology) the loss of sounds from within a word (as in `fo'c'sle' for `forecastle...
- sandhi
The articulatory process whereby the pronunciation of a word or morpheme changes when it...
- thickness
Indistinct articulation; "judging from the thickness of his speech he had been drinking...
- trill
The articulation of a consonant (especially the consonant `r') with a rapid flutter of the...
- affrication
The conversion of a simple stop consonant into an affricate.
- aspiration
A manner of articulation involving an audible release of breath.
- epenthesis
The insertion of a vowel or consonant into a word to make its pronunciation easier; "the...
- nasalization
The act of nasalizing; the utterance of sounds modulated by the nasal resonators.
- retroflection
An articulatory gesture made by turning the tip of the tongue back against the roof...