velar
- noun
- /ˈviːlər/
- Specialized
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velar
- For a child who fronts velars only in word-initial position, the error pattern of velar fronting may go unrecognized.
- velar fronting
- word-initial velars
- initial velars
Examples
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In phonetics, a velar consonant occurs when the back of the tongue approaches the soft palate.
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The two remaining children in the study did not front either velars or palatals.
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The positional asymmetry found for the fronting of velars does not appear to hold for palatals.
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Given this asymmetry, it is important that a test contains sufficient opportunities for evaluating word-initial velars. # Fronting of Palatals #
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There are bilabial ejective stops or velar ejective stops like AKA AKA AKA cool.
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The fact that word-initial velars are fronted more commonly than word-final velars should be taken into consideration when evaluating the number of opportunities for this error pattern to occur in a child's speech.
Academic text (2015) -
The fact that word-initial velars are fronted more commonly than word-final velars should be taken into consideration when evaluating the number of opportunities for this error pattern to occur in a child's speech.
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Thus, if the opportunities for velar fronting consist mostly of word-final velars, the error pattern of velar fronting may go unrecognized in a child who fronts velars in word-initial position only.
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Thus, if the opportunities for velar fronting consist mostly of word-final velars, the error pattern of velar fronting may go unrecognized in a child who fronts velars in word-initial position only.
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Children learning to speak often encounter challenges with velar sounds like 'k' and 'g'.
Synonyms
A sound made with the back of the tongue touching the soft roof of the mouth like k in cat
Compounds
- Specialized
A sound made with the back of the tongue touching the soft roof of the mouth like k in cat
How Back
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Velar comes from the Latin word velum, which means 'veil' or 'cover'. A helpful image is the soft palate as a small 'veil' at the back of the mouth, and a velar consonant is made when the back of the tongue touches that 'veil', as in the 'k' of 'cat'.