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
That is, those sounds become discarded that do not fit in with the general articulatory tendencies of Page 224 a language.
From Human Traits and their Social Significance by Irwin Edman
All that part of speech which falls out of the rigid articulatory framework is not speech in idea, but is merely a superadded, more or less instinctively determined vocal complication inseparable from speech in practice.
From Language An Introduction to the Study of Speech by Edward Sapir
The lower articulatory surface is formed by the third phalanx and the navicular bone combined.
From Diseases of the Horse's Foot by Harry Caulton Reeks
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