velar
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- adjective
- /ˈviːlər/
- Specialized
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velar
- Substitution patterns were those that involved the substitution of one speech sound for the target sound (e.g., velar fronting, prevocalic voicing, and deaffrication).
- velar fronting
- velar stop
- voiceless velar
Examples
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For a child who fronts velars only in word-initial position, the error pattern of velar fronting may go unrecognized.
Academic text (2015) -
Also, the use of the voiceless velar plosive /k/ would lead to semantically meaningful Dutch words.
Academic text (2012) -
However, if scored according to the criteria suggested in the current article, it would quickly become apparent that velar fronting in word-initial position would likely be an appropriate target for this child.
Academic text (2015) -
The error pattern of velar fronting occurs when a velar phoneme is replaced by an alveolar phoneme.
Academic text (2015) -
The choice of the strategy here can be explained by differences in articulatory effort for each variant in the different contexts: in across, the tongue forms a velar constriction with an already high tongue back for the velar stop.
Academic text (2011) -
For example, the initial phoneme in the word "cat" provides an opportunity for the error pattern of velar fronting in word-initial position, but the initial phoneme in the word "clown" does not.
Academic text (2015) -
The voiced velar plosive g, as used in the Traunmüller and Hrstöm study, does not exist in the Dutch language.
Academic text (2012) -
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.
Academic text (2015) -
Thus, a child who pronounces key as di is said to apply the phonological process of velar fronting to convert /ki/ to /ti/ and then the process of prevocalic voicing to convert /ti/ to di.
Academic text (2015) -
In linguistics, the sound velar refers to consonants produced at the back of the mouth, like the 'k' in 'cat'.
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
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Velar comes from the Latin velum 'veil', because the soft palate acts like a veil at the back of the mouth. A velar sound is made when the back of the tongue meets that 'veil', for example the 'k' in 'cat' or the 'ng' in 'sing'.