UnroundedOf a vowel, produced without rounding of the lips. [i] and [a] are vowels examples of unrounded vowels. |
Upper-midSee mid. |
UpstepA contrastive raising of tone register, notated with a raised inverted exclamation mark or an up-arrow (cf. downstep). |
UvulaThe fleshy protuberance that hangs from the end of the soft palate. Passive articulator in the case of uvular sounds. |
UvularThe place of articulation of a consonant formed by constricting the back of the throat near the uvula with the back of the tongue. The sounds [q] and [N] are examples of uvular sounds. |
ValenceInformation about the semantic roles and syntactic functions of a verb. Also called valency. |
ValencySee valence. |
Variable stressIn a variable stress language, primary stress is not fixed on a particular position in the word. |
VelarThe place of articulation of a consonant that involves a constriction involving the back of the tongue and the soft palate. |
VelaricThe name of an airstream mechanism in which the airflow is initiated by a closure of the back of the tongue on the velum. Clicks are produced with a velaric airstream mechanism. |