articulatory
- adjective
- /ɑrˈtɪkjʊˌleɪtəri/
- Specialized
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articulatorio
- The teacher emphasized the importance of articulatory clarity in speech therapy to help students pronounce words correctly.
- articulatory movement
- articulatory suppression
- articulatory effort
Examples
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Reduction of articulatory effort may be more vital in fast than in slow speech.
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To improve pronunciation, the coach focused on the articulatory techniques used by the best speakers in the field.
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The results showed that the speakers with a clear articulatory contrast also had a greater acoustic contrast.
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By design, the proposed measures allow interpretation in terms of articulatory and aerodynamic conditions.
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But the short answer to that big question is we have underlying cognitive and articulatory pressures that constantly affect us as speakers.
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The disease processes of PD clearly affect motor control, including the control and execution of articulatory movements for speech production.
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Slower articulation rates are associated with a less efficient subvocal articulatory mechanism in working memory.
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Another possible explanation for the later acquisition of /-z/ syllabic plurals may be related to articulatory difficulty.
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Reduced articulatory precision and reduced loudness also correlated with subject-relative and object-relative comprehension task conditions, respectively.
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Speech acquisition comprises subtle refinement of articulatory configurations resulting in fine-tuned phonemic features relevant to distinguishing meanings.
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Synonyms
7
4.8
About speech sounds and how to show them in writing
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6.7
About speech sounds and how people make them
About how the mouth and tongue move to make speech sounds
To speak words clearly so people can hear and understand them
Compounds
- Specialized
A group of joints in the body where bones meet and allow movement
Surface Forms
Morphology
articulatory = articulate (transparent) = articulate + ory
The adjective is formed by adding the adjective-forming suffix '-ory' to 'articulate', yielding 'relating to articulation'.
Etymology
Articulatory comes from the Latin root articul-, which means 'joint' or 'small part', and it is the same root as the common word articulate. Think of your lips, tongue and jaw as little 'joints' that move to shape sounds, so articulatory describes the physical parts and movements used to make speech.