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Place of Articulation

An Animated and Narrated Glossary of Terms used in Linguistics presents Slide 2

Articulators

Slide 3 NASAL CAVITY ORAL CAVITY By place of articulation, we refer only to the oral cavity. Slide 4

Place of Articulation

• The place of articulation is the part of the oral cavity where stricture is greatest in the production of a phone (i.e. a linguistic sound).

Slide 7

Alveolar

• Make the [t] sound.
• The tip of the tongue touches the alveolar ridge.
• Try [s], where there is a narrow stricture at the alveolar ridge. ALVEOLAR RIDGE Slide 8

Palatal and Velar

• Use your tongue body to either touch the hard palate or velum to make other sounds.
• Or simply draw your tongue body close to them. HARD PALATE VELUM

Slide 9

Places of Articulation in

the IPA

• Bilabial (both lips)
• Dental
• Alveolar
• Palatal
• Velar
• Uvular
• Pharyngeal
• Glottal Slide 10

Places of Articulation in

the IPA

• Labiodental
  • Upper teeth and lower lip.
• Postalveolar
  • The area just behind the alveolar ridge but not quite the center of the hard palate.
• Retroflex
  • Tip of tongue curled and pointing towards the postalveolar or palatal region.

The End

Wee, Lian-Hee and Winnie H.Y. Cheung (2009) An animated and narrated glossary of terms used in Linguistics. Hong Kong Baptist University.