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coarticulation

coarticulation
Noun

This term is a specialized technical expression used primarily in linguistics and phonetics. It describes the physical reality of speech where the vocal apparatus does not move in discrete, isolated steps, but rather in fluid, overlapping motions. This results in a sound being shaped by its neighbors, such as the way the tongue begins moving toward the position of a following consonant while the current vowel is still being produced.

In academic writing, it is used to explain why the same phoneme can have different allophones depending on its environment. It is distinct from assimilation, which refers to the resulting change in sound; coarticulation refers to the actual physiological process of overlapping articulation.

Meanings

Nouncoarticulation

The phenomenon in speech production where the articulation of one sound is influenced by the preceding or following sounds, resulting in the overlapping of phonetic gestures.

The vowel in the word 'ten' is coarticulated with the nasal 'n', causing the vowel to sound slightly different than it would in isolation.

Examples

Coarticulation occurs when the lips round for a following vowel before the consonant is even finished.

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Coarticulation occurs when the lips round for a following vowel before the consonant is even finished.

The professor explained how coarticulation makes natural speech sound fluid rather than robotic.

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The professor explained how coarticulation makes natural speech sound fluid rather than robotic.

I wonder if this specific dialect exhibits a higher degree of coarticulation in fast speech.

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I wonder if this specific dialect exhibits a higher degree of coarticulation in fast speech.

Look at the spectrogram to see the evidence of coarticulation between these two phonemes.

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Look at the spectrogram to see the evidence of coarticulation between these two phonemes.

Coarticulation is a fundamental aspect of human speech production across all languages.

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Coarticulation is a fundamental aspect of human speech production across all languages.

Does coarticulation affect the way we perceive individual consonants in a word?

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Does coarticulation affect the way we perceive individual consonants in a word?

The overlap of gestures known as coarticulation reduces the effort required to speak quickly.

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The overlap of gestures known as coarticulation reduces the effort required to speak quickly.

He noted that the nasalization of the vowel was a clear result of coarticulation with the following nasal consonant.

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He noted that the nasalization of the vowel was a clear result of coarticulation with the following nasal consonant.

Without coarticulation, our speech would sound disjointed and unnatural.

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Without coarticulationour speech would sound disjointed and unnatural.

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