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  2. Voiced alveolar and postalveolar approximants - Wikipedia

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    A schematic mid-sagittal section of an articulation of a voiced postalveolar approximant [ɹ̠]. Features of the voiced alveolar approximant: Its manner of articulation is approximant, which means it is produced by narrowing the vocal tract at the place of articulation, but not enough to produce a turbulent airstream.

  3. Voiceless alveolar fricative - Wikipedia

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    The voiceless alveolar sibilant [s] has a strong hissing sound, as the s in English sink. It is one of the most common sounds in the world. It is one of the most common sounds in the world. The voiceless denti-alveolar sibilant [s̄] (an ad hoc notation), also called apico-dental, has a weaker lisping sound like English th in thin .

  4. Lisp - Wikipedia

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    The sound appears in the beginning of the word, middle, or end of the word (initial, medial, or final). Take for example, correction of an "S" sound (lisp). Most likely, a speech language pathologist (SLP) would employ exercises to work on "Sssssss." [clarify] Starting practice words would most likely consist of "S-initial" words such as "say ...

  5. Homorganic consonant - Wikipedia

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    A homorganic nasal rule is the point of articulation of the initial sound being assimilated by the last sound in a prefix [clarification needed]. An example of the rule is found in Yoruba in which ba "meet" becomes mba "is meeting", and sun, "sleep" becomes nsun "is sleeping".

  6. Voiced alveolar fricative - Wikipedia

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    Its manner of articulation is sibilant fricative, which means it is generally produced by channeling air flow along a groove in the back of the tongue up to the place of articulation, at which point it is focused against the sharp edge of the nearly clenched teeth, causing high-frequency turbulence.

  7. Speech acquisition - Wikipedia

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    The 2 primary phases include Non-speech-like vocalizations and Speech-like vocalizations. Non-speech-like vocalizations include a. vegetative sounds such as burping and b. fixed vocal signals like crying or laughing. Speech-like vocalizations consist of a. quasi-vowels, b. primitive articulation, c. expansion stage and d. canonical babbling.

  8. Voiced alveolar affricate - Wikipedia

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    Possible syllable-initial and word-final allophone of /d/. [21] See English phonology: French: Quebec: du [d͡zy] 'of the' Allophone of /d/ before /i, y, j/. Georgian [22] ძვალი /dzvali [d͡zvɑli] 'bone' Luxembourgish [23] spadséieren [ʃpɑˈd͡zɜ̝ɪ̯əʀən] 'to go for a walk' Marginal phoneme that occurs only in a few words ...

  9. Voiced labiodental approximant - Wikipedia

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    The voiced labiodental approximant is a type of consonantal sound, used in some spoken languages.It is something between an English /w/ and /v/, pronounced with the teeth and lips held in the position used to articulate the letter V.