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manner of articulation

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noun

Phonetics.

the degree of obstruction or the type of channel imposed upon the passage of air at a given place of articulation, as denoted by such categories as stop, fricative, nasal, and semivowel.

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manner of articulation

The oral manner of articulation is naturally not sufficient to define a consonant.

From Language An Introduction to the Study of Speech by Sapir, Edward

To the complexity which the gait of the quadruped contributes, because of its being four-legged, there is added the complicated manner of articulation of the bones of the hind leg.

From Lameness of the Horse Veterinary Practitioners' Series, No. 1 by Lacroix, John Victor

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