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Phonology
Language; Terminology
The study of the sound system of one or more languages. Phonology involves the classification of sounds and a description of the interrelationship of the elements on a systematic level.
Affricate
Language; Terminology
A phonetic segment which consists of a stop followed immediately by a fricative. Affricates act as units phonologically and are synchronically indivisible.
Alveolar
Language; Terminology
A classification of sounds which are formed at the alveolar ridge (the bone plate behind the upper teeth). Alveolar sounds are formed with the tip or the blade of the tongue.
Alveolo-palatal
Language; Terminology
A classification of sounds which are formed with the hard palate as passive articulator and the blade of the tongue as active articulator.
Articulatory phonetics
Language; Terminology
One of three standard divisions of phonetics which concerns itself with the production of sounds.
Auditory phonetics
Language; Terminology
One of the three standard divisions of phonetics which is concerned with the perception of sounds.
