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articulative

articulative

8.4
About how the mouth and tongue move to make speech sounds
  • adjective
  • /ɑrˈtɪkjʊlətɪv/
  • Specialized
translation icon : articulatorio
  • Her articulative speech made complex linguistic concepts easier for the audience to understand.

Examples

  • The teacher provided articulative feedback on the students' presentations to help them improve their speaking skills.

  • The conference focused on the importance of articulative communication in effective language learning.

  • Both attitudes, serious and playful, articulative and disruptive, are justified biographically: "My life began in incoherence and discontinuity, and my work has undoubtedly been marked by this."

    Academic text (1994)

Synonyms

articulatory
vsarticulative
  • Specialized
8.1

How the mouth, tongue, and lips make speech sounds

is broader, covering involvement of speech organs and linguistic study
enunciatory
vsarticulative
9.1

To speak words clearly so people can hear and understand them

focuses on speech sounds and linguistic form rather than declaring content

Antonyms

inarticulate
9 7.4

Not able to speak clearly or find the right words

Surface Forms

articulative positive

Morphology

articulative = articulate (transparent) = articulate + ive

Productive adjective formation from the verb 'articulate' with the common suffix '-ive', so the meaning 'relating to articulation' is directly inferable.

Etymology

Articulative shares its root with articulate and the old word articulus, which meant 'joint' or 'small part'. Think of speech as little parts that join and move, so articulative describes how those parts work to make clear sounds.