Phonetics and Phonology (eng507)
Topic-144: SAGs Discussion
Download 1.01 Mb. View original pdf
|
| Topic-144: SAGs Discussion The four types of possible secondary articulatory gestures related to vowel quality are described here for understanding and further detailed exploration. Palatalization is the addition of a high front tongue gesture (as in sound like i) to another main (primary) gesture. The diacritic used for palatalization is the small [ʲ] superimposed above another symbol (for primary gesture. The terms palatalization (a process whereby the place of an articulation is shifted nearer to the center of the hard palate) and palatalized (when the front of the tongue is raised close to the palate while an articulatory closure is made at another point in the vocal tract) are sometimes used in a slightly different way. A palatalized consonant has atypical /j/-like (similar to i vowel) quality. Velarization involves raising the back of the tongue (adding the u vowel like quality. It can be considered as the addition of an [u]-like tongue position (but remember that it is without the addition of the lip rounding. Atypical English example of velarization is the l sound at the end of a syllable (as in words like kill, pill, sell and will) called velarized or dark land maybe written as l. The diacritics for velarization are both [ˠ] and [ ̴]. Another secondary gesture of vowel quality is pharyngealization which is the superimposition of narrowing of the pharynx. The IPA diacritics for symbolizing pharyngealization areas for velarization) and [ˤ] (the superimposition of the symbol for pharyngeal sound. The last secondary articulatory gesture for vowel quality to be noted here is labialization which is the addition of lip rounding (written as [ʷ]) to other primary articulation such as Arabic t and s. Remember that nearly all kinds of consonants can have added lip rounding, including those that already have one of the other secondary articulations (such as velarization and palatalization. Copyright Virtual University of Pakistan |