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
His articulatory organ cannot master the terrible words we put in his way, and he is driven to these short cuts and other make-shifts.
From Children's Ways by Sully, James
Aphasia.—The use of language, spoken or written, as a means of expression depends upon the co-ordination of four different centres: the visual, the auditory, the graphic, and the articulatory.
From Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities—Head—Neck. Sixth Edition. by Miles, Alexander
One made without any change in the position of the articulatory organs during its emission.
From 1001 Questions and Answers on Orthography and Reading by Hathaway, B. A.
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