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Definitions of speech sound
Definition that contains speech sound
  • long (of speech sounds or syllables) of relatively long duration
  • hard (of speech sounds); produced with the back of the tongue raised toward or touching the velum
  • short of speech sounds or syllables of relatively short duration
  • soft (of speech sounds); produced with the back of the tongue raised toward the hard palate; characterized by a hissing or hushing sound (as `s' and `sh')
  • infection (phonetics) the alteration of a speech sound under the influence of a neighboring sound
  • resonance the quality imparted to voiced speech sounds by the action of the resonating chambers of the throat and mouth and nasal cavities
  • vowel a speech sound made with the vocal tract open
  • consonant a speech sound that is not a vowel
  • phonetic of or relating to speech sounds
  • phonetic of or relating to the scientific study of speech sounds
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