Terminology

Terminology

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Ambi-dental

Language; Terminology

A description of the manner of articulation of the Modern English fricatives /2/ and /3/. It is preferred to inter-dental as the tongue is not usually positioned between the teeth for these sounds.

Cardinal vowels

Language; Terminology

A system of eight rounded and eight unrounded vowels which was originally developed by the English phonetician Daniel Jones and which is intended as a system of reference for the unambiguous ...

Consonant

Language; Terminology

One of the two main classes of sound. Consonants are formed by a constriction in the supra-glottal tract. Consonants contrast with vowels in their relatively low sonority and are hence found ...

Contrastive

Language; Terminology

Refers to any elements which are in opposition to each other. A phonetic distinction is contrastive if it has significance on the phonological level, i.e. if it distinguishes meaning.

Dental

Language; Terminology

A place of articulation characterised by the tip of the tongue being held against the back of the upper teeth, for instance in the pronunciation of /t, d/ in Italian, Swedish, etc. Indicated by a ...

A vowel which is articulated with a change in tongue position between the beginning and end, e.g. /ai/ in English or German. Not all diphthongs have phonological status in a language. Historically, ...

Discrete

Language; Terminology

A characteristic of human language where there is no continuous transition from one unit to another, e.g. /p/ and /b/ are separate, discrete sounds and speakers pronounce one or the other but not ...