Previously, we have looked at the various types of airstream mechanisms we use to make sounds. Most of our languages only use a couple of these in the words we speak, while there are perhaps one or two that manage to use as many as 4 or 5. Today, we will look a particular type … Continue reading How do we talk? — Phonation
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How do we talk? — Airstream mechanisms
There is pretty much no denying that all modern natural languages today are predominantly spoken. It is also perhaps the one aspect of language that we pretty much take for granted, and not really paying attention to the various processes underlying how we talk. I have been wanting to cover the fundamentals of phonetics for … Continue reading How do we talk? — Airstream mechanisms
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