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Articulatory phonetics

/ˌɑːr.tɪk.jə.ləˈtɔːr.i fəˈnet.ɪks/
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2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    The branch of phonetics that studies the physiological production of speech sounds by the vocal tract, including the tongue, lips, and vocal cords.

    "Her research in articulatory phonetics focuses on the precise tongue movements required for coronal fricatives."
  2. 2

    The description and classification of speech sounds in terms of how they are physically formed in the mouth and throat.

    "The textbook devotes an entire chapter to the articulatory phonetics of nasal vowels in Romance languages."

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Derived from the Latin 'articulare' (to divide into joints, utter distinctly) combined with 'phonetics', originating from the Greek 'phōnētikos' (pertaining to speech sounds). The compound term emerged in late 19th-century linguistic scholarship as the scientific study of how speech sounds are produced by the vocal organs.

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🇫🇷French → English

phonétique articulatoire

Transliteration: [fɔ.ne.tik aʁ.ti.ky.la.twaʁ]

"La phonétique articulatoire analyse la position de la langue lors de la parole."

🇩🇪German → English

Artikulatorische Phonetik

Transliteration: [aʁtikuːlaˈtoːʁɪʃə foˈnɛːtɪk]

"Die artikulatorische Phonetik untersucht die Bildung von Sprachlauten."

🇮🇹Italian → English

fonetica articolatoria

Transliteration: [foˈnɛ.ti.ka ar.ti.ko.laˈtɔ.rja]

"La fonetica articolatoria spiega come i suoni vengono prodotti nel tratto vocale."

🇪🇸Spanish → English

fonética articulatoria

Transliteration: [foˈne.ti.ka ar.ti.ku.laˈto.ɾja]

"La fonética articulatoria estudia los órganos que participan en la producción de sonidos."

🇵🇹Portuguese → English

fonética articulatória

Transliteration: [fuˈnɛ.ti.kɐ aʁ.ti.ku.laˈtɔ.ɾjɐ]

"A fonética articulatória examina o movimento dos articuladores durante a fala."

🇮🇳Hindi → English

उच्चारण आधिपत्य

Transliteration: uccāraṇa dhvaniśāstra

Script: उच्चारण ध्वनि शास्त्र

"उच्चारण ध्वनि शास्त्र वाणी अंगों के काम करने के तरीके का अध्ययन करता है।"

🇨🇳Chinese → English

发音语音学

Transliteration: fāyīn yǔyīn xué

"发音语音学研究人类发音器官如何产生各种语音。"

🇰🇷Korean → English

조음음성학

Transliteration: joeum-eumseong-hak

"조음음성학은 말소리가 만들어지는 생리적 과정을 연구한다."

🇯🇵Japanese → English

조음음성학

Transliteration: chōon onseigaku

"조음음성학은 발음할 때의 입안의 움직임을 다룬다."

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