LINGUIST 1A03 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Vocal Folds, Palatine Uvula, Cockney
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Airflow is modified in vocal tract by placement of tongue or positioning of lips, and occur at points of articulation. Description: voicing, place of articulation, manner of articulation. Tongue: primary articulating organ: tip: narrow area at the front, blade: just behind the tip, body: main mass of the tongue, back: hindmost part of tongue. Back and body together = dorsum: root: contained in upper part of pharynx. Places of articulation: labial: sound made with closure/near-closure of lips. Bilabial: made with both lips (ex. peer, bin, month) Labiodentals: made with lower lip and upper teeth (ex. fire, vow: dental: sound made with tongue places against or near teeth (ex. Interdental: made with tongue places in between teeth (ex. this, thing: alveolar: sound made when tongue touches or is brought near alveolar ridge (ex. top, deer, soap, zip, lip, neck, alveopalatal: alveopalatal area (ex. show, measure, chip, judge)