articulatory
Americanadjective
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Linguistics. relating to or involved in the articulation of speech sounds.
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Anatomy. relating to or involved in the articulation or movable connection of the joints.
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Linguist Gretchen McCulloch noted that existing words give us very little guidance, and that the sequence of the voiced phoneme /v/ and unvoiced /f/ make for some tricky articulatory acrobatics.
From The Guardian ● May 31, 2017
"Kiss squeaks do not involve vocal fold action, so they're acoustically and articulatory consonant-like," explained Dr Reis e Lameira.
From BBC ● Feb. 8, 2017
Noises, too, are heard, that would puzzle, I venture to say, many a scholarly, book-wise and specimen-wise naturalist to define as coming from the articulatory organs of bird, beast, or fish.
From Around the World on a Bicycle - Volume II From Teheran To Yokohama by Stevens, Thomas
In the same way variations that reduce the unstressed syllables of a word readily insinuate themselves into the articulatory habits of a people.
From Human Traits and their Social Significance by Edman, Irwin
The articulatory department is all which remains to be described.
From Seed Thoughts for Singers by Tubbs, Frank Herbert
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