Phonology and morphology glossary

A segment involving at least one lip as an articulator. Cf. bilabial and labiodental.

The name of a double articulation with simultaneous articulation at the lips and the hard palate. [H] is an example of a labial-palatal sound.

A double articulation involving simultaneous action of the back of the tongue forming a velar closure and the lips forming a bilabial closure. Sometimes called labiovelar.

A secondary articulation involving the rounding of the lips.

The place of articulation of a sound articulated with the upper teeth and lower lip, e.g. [f].

An articulation made with the blade of the tongue.

The region of the vocal tract at the glottis in which consonantal articulations such as [ h, ? ] are made.

See creaky voice.

An electronic device that records vocal fold vibration by means of two electrodes placed externally on a speaker's neck. A small electric current is passed through the neck and the laryngograph measures the changing resistance of the neck to the passage of the current. When the vocal folds are in contact, the resistance is lower than when they are apart.

The cartilaginous structure that houses the vocal folds. Plural: larynges.