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Uvular : Phonetics and Phonology Terms
63 words, approx. 1 pages
(also postvelar) 1. adj. Pertaining to the uvula. 2. adj. (of a segment) Articulated with a constriction between the back of the tongue and the uvula. 3. n. A segment so articulated, such as the uvular fricative [χ] of Arabic, Dutch and southern...
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Uvularization : Phonetics and Phonology Terms
39 words, approx. 1 pages
n. 1. A secondary articulation in which the back of the tongue is raised towards the uvula. 2. Any phonological process in which a segment at another place of articulation is converted into a uvular. Adj....
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Uvular : Language and Linguistics
30 words, approx. 1 pages
Speech sound classified according to its place of articulation (uvula), e.g. the voiced fricative in Fr. ‘rouge,’ the voiceless plosive [q] in Greenlandic [qa'jaq] ‘kayak’ or ‘anorak.’...
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Uvular consonant Information
976 words, approx. 3 pages
Uvulars are consonants articulated with the back of the tongue against or near the uvula, that is, further back in the mouth than velar consonants. Uvulars may be plosives, fricatives, nasal stops, trills, or approximants, though the IPA does not...


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