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Lateral consonant - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Palatal lateral approximant - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Definition of Lateral consonant in an online ecyclopedia or dictionary, and discussion about Lateral consonant. ... This article is licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License. It uses material from the Wikipedia article "Lateral consonant".
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Laterals are consonants formed by allowing the air to escape around the sides of the tongue. Present-Day English has only one lateral, which is voiced (vocal cords vibrating during the articulation of the lateral).
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Laterals are "L"-like Consonant s pronounced with an occlusion made somewhere along the axis of the tongue, while air from the lungs escapes at one side or both sides of the tongue.Most commonly the tip of the tongue makes contact with the upper teeth (see Dental Consonant ) or the upper gum (the alveolar ridge) just behind ...
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English has one lateral phoneme: the lateral approximant /l/, which in many accents has two allophones. One, found before vowels as in lady or fly, is called clear l, pronounced as the alveolar lateral approximant [l] with a "neutral" position of the body of the tongue. ... Lateral consonant [en]
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"Modelling coarticulation in synthesized Spanish lateral consonant [l]", in SZENDE, T. (Ed.) Proceedings of the Speech; Research '89. International Conference. Magyar Fonetikai; ... FERNÁNDEZ, H.- GARRIDO, J. M.- de la MOTA, C. (1989) "Modelling coarticulation in synthesized Spanish lateral consonant [l]", in SZENDE, T.
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Related term(s): unilateral consonant ... latent consonant ... lateral click...
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English has one lateral phoneme: the lateral approximant /l/, ... Most commonly the tip of the tongue makes contact with the upper teeth (see dental consonant) or the upper gum (the alveolar ridge) just behind the teeth (see alveolar consonant). The most common laterals are approximants and belong to the class of liquids...
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It is an oral consonant, which means air is allowed to escape through the mouth. ... It is a lateral 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.
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