- Alveolar lateral flap
The alveolar lateral flap is a type of
consonant al sound, used in some spokenlanguage s. The symbol in theInternational Phonetic Alphabet that represents this sound is IPA|ɺ.Features
Features of the alveolar lateral fl
* Its
manner of articulation is flap, which means it is produced with a single contraction of the muscles so that one articulator is thrown against another.
* Itsplace of articulation is alveolar, which means it is articulated with the tip of the tongue against thealveolar ridge .
* Itsphonation type is voiced, which means the vocal cords are vibrating during the articulation.
* It is anoral consonant , which means air is allowed to escape through the mouth.
* It is alateral consonant , which means it is produced by allowing the airstream to flow over the sides of the tongue, rather than the middle of the tongue.
* Theairstream mechanism ispulmonic egressive , which means it is articulated by pushing air out of thelung s and through the vocal tract, rather than from theglottis or the mouth.Occurrence
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List of phonetics topics References
Bibliography
*Harvard reference
last = Okada
first = Hideo
year= 1991
title=Japanese
journal=Journal of the International Phonetic Association
volume=21
issue=2
pages=94-97
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