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nouna movable speech organtype of:
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nounsomeone who pronounces wordstype of:
Definition that contains articulator
- diphthong a vowel sound that starts near the articulatory position for one vowel and moves toward the position for another
- articulation the aspect of pronunciation that involves bringing articulatory organs together so as to shape the sounds of speech
- dysarthria impaired articulatory ability resulting from defects in the peripheral motor nerves or in the speech musculature
- retroflection an articulatory gesture made by turning the tip of the tongue back against the roof of the mouth
- retroflexion an articulatory gesture made by turning the tip of the tongue back against the roof of the mouth
- sandhi the articulatory process whereby the pronunciation of a word or morpheme changes when it is followed immediately by another (especially in fluent speech)