misarticulation
- noun
- /ˌmɪsˌɑːrtɪkjuˈleɪʃən/
- Specialized
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misarticulación
- We plan to apply these measures to fricative misarticulations to evaluate their efficacy in differentiating typical and atypical productions.
Examples
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However, she demonstrated misarticulations of the /r/ sound.
Academic text (1995) -
This would provide an objective and reliable metric of misarticulation, and it could help in documenting improvements during a course of therapy.
Academic text (2013) -
To minimize word misarticulations, the target words included early acquired consonants.
Academic text (2012) -
Useful acoustic descriptions should also differentiate perceptually acceptable fricatives from misarticulations.
Academic text (2013) -
The child struggled with the misarticulation of certain speech sounds, making it hard for others to understand him.
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Speech therapists often address misarticulation to help children improve their pronunciation and communication skills.
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Her frequent misarticulation of words led to misunderstandings during class discussions.
Synonyms
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4.7
Saying a word in the wrong way
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4.3
A condition that makes it hard to say sounds correctly or use the voice well
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4.8
Difficulty speaking clearly that makes others hard to understand
A problem that makes someone speak unclearly or have trouble saying words
How Accurate
Surface Forms
Morphology
misarticulation = articulation (transparent) = mis + articulation
Clear prefixation: 'mis-' indicating incorrectness applied to 'articulation' (pronunciation), yielding 'incorrect pronunciation'.
Etymology
The word misarticulation is made of mis- 'wrong' and articulation 'making speech sounds', and it has the same root as articulate 'speak clearly'. So a speech misarticulation is when someone says sounds the wrong way, which makes words hard to understand.