Topic-105: Articulatory Targets A number of the possible places of articulation that are used in the languages of the world have been defined so far (in this course. The traditional terms which are used for all the places of articulation are not just names for particular locations (on the roof of the mouth. They should bethought of as names for articulatory targets. A large number of non-English sounds are to be found in other languages (such as Iranian and African languages. Many of them involve using gestures in which the target or the place of articulation is different from any similar sound found in English. For others it is the type of gesture or the manner of articulation that is different. Experts illustrate these different types of targets by considering how each place of articulation is used in English and in other languages for making stops, nasals, and fricatives (and treating them all as articulatory targets.
