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| {{manner of articulation}}
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| {{place of articulation}}
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| The field of '''articulatory phonetics''' is a subfield of [[phonetics]]. In studying articulation, phoneticians explain how humans produce speech [[sound]]s via the interaction of different [[physiological]] structures.
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| Generally, articulatory phonetics is concerned with the transformation of [[aerodynamic]] [[energy]] into [[Acoustics|acoustic]] energy. Aerodynamic energy refers to the airflow through the [[vocal tract]]. Its [[Potential energy|potential]] form is [[air pressure]]; its [[Kinetic energy|kinetic]] form is the actual [[Dynamics (physics)|dynamic]] airflow. Acoustic energy is variation in the air pressure that can be represented as [[sound waves]], which are then perceived by the human [[auditory system]] as sound.<ref>Note that although sound is just air pressure variations, the variations must be at a high enough rate to be perceived as sound. If the variation is too slow, it will be inaudible.</ref>
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| ==Components==
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| The vocal tract can be viewed through an aerodynamic-[[biomechanic]] model that includes three main components:
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| # air cavities
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| # pistons
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| # air valves
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| Air [[body cavity|cavities]] are containers of air [[molecule]]s of specific [[volume]]s and [[mass]]es. The main air cavities present in the articulatory system are the supraglottal cavity and the subglottal cavity. They are so-named because the [[glottis]], the openable space between the [[vocal folds]] internal to the [[larynx]], separates the two cavities. The supraglottal cavity or the orinasal cavity is divided into an [[human oral cavity|oral subcavity]] (the cavity from the glottis to the [[lip]]s excluding the nasal cavity) and a [[nasal cavity|nasal subcavity]] (the cavity from the velopharyngeal port, which can be closed by raising the [[Soft palate|velum]] to the [[nostril]]s). The subglottal cavity consists of the [[Vertebrate trachea|trachea]] and the [[lung]]s. The [[atmosphere]] external to the articulatory stem may also be considered an air cavity whose potential connecting points with respect to the body are the nostrils and the lips.
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| [[Piston]]s are initiators. The term ''initiator'' refers to the fact that they are used to initiate a change in the volumes of air cavities, and, by [[Boyle's Law]], the corresponding air [[pressure]] of the cavity. The term ''initiation'' refers to the change. Since changes in air pressures between connected cavities lead to airflow between the cavities, initiation is also referred to as an ''[[airstream mechanism]]''. The three pistons present in the articulatory system are the larynx, the [[tongue]] body, and the physiological structures used to manipulate lung volume (in particular, the floor and the walls of the [[chest]]). The lung pistons are used to initiate a [[pulmonic]] airstream (found in all human languages). The larynx is used to initiate the [[glottalic]] airstream mechanism by changing the volume of the supraglottal and subglottal cavities via vertical movement of the larynx (with a closed glottis). [[Ejective]]s and [[implosive]]s are made with this airstream mechanism. The tongue body creates a velaric airsteam by changing the pressure within the oral cavity: the tongue body changes the mouth subcavity. [[Click consonant]]s use the velaric airstream mechanism. Pistons are controlled by various [[muscle]]s.
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| [[Valve]]s regulate airflow between cavities. Airflow occurs when an air valve is open and there is a pressure difference between in the connecting cavities. When an air valve is closed, there is no airflow. The air valves are the vocal folds (the glottis), which regulate between the supraglottal and subglottal cavities, the velopharyngeal port, which regulates between the oral and nasal cavities, the tongue, which regulates between the oral cavity and the atmosphere, and the lips, which also regulate between the oral cavity and the atmosphere. Like the pistons, the air valves are also controlled by various muscles.
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| == Initiation ==
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| To produce any kind of sound, there must be movement of air. To produce sounds that people today can interpret as words, the movement of air must pass through the vocal chords, up through the throat and, into the mouth or nose to then leave the body. Different sounds are formed by different positions of the mouth—or, as linguists call it, "the oral cavity" (to distinguish it from the nasal cavity).
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| == The two classes of sounds ==
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| Sounds of all languages fall under two categories: Consonants and Vowels.
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| === Consonants ===
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| Consonants are produced with some form of restriction or closing in the vocal tract that hinders the air flow from the lungs. Consonants are classified according to where in the vocal tract the airflow has been restricted. This is also known as places of articulation.
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| ==== Places of articulation ====
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| {{Main|Place of articulation}}
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| Movement of the tongue and lips can create these constrictions and by forming the oral cavity in different ways, different sounds can be produced.
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| =====Bilabial=====
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| When producing a [b], [p] or [m], articulation is done by bringing both lips together.
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| =====Labiodental=====
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| [f] and [v] are also used with the lips. They, however, are also articulated by touching the bottom lip to the upper teeth.
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| =====Interdental=====
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| [θ] and [ð] are both spelled as "th". They are pronounced by inserting the tip of the tongue between the teeth.
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| (θ as in think) (ð as in the)
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| =====Alveolar=====
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| [t][d][n][s][z][l][r] are produced in many ways where the tongue is raised towards the alveolar ridge.
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| =====Palatal=====
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| [ʃ][ʒ][tʃ][dʒ][j] are produced by raising the front part of the tongue to the palate.
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| =====Velar=====
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| [k][g][ŋ] are produced by raising the back part of the tongue to the soft palate or the velum.
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| =====Uvular=====
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| [ʀ][q][ԍ] these sounds are produced by raising the back of the tongue to the uvula. The 'r' in French is often a uvular trill (symbolized by [ʀ]). The uvular sounds [q] and [ԍ] occur in Arabic. These do not normally occur in English.
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| =====Glottal=====
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| [h][ʔ] the sound [h] is from the flow of air coming from an open glottis, past the tongue and lips as they prepare to pronounce a vowel sound, which always follows [h]. if the air is stopped completely at the glottis by tightly closed vocal chords the sound upon release of the chords is called a glottal stop [ʔ].
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| ===Vowels===
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| * [[Nasal vowel|Nasal]] vowel / [[Oral vowel|Oral]] vowel
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| * Previous Vowel / Later Vowel
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| * Rounded vowel / Unrounded vowel
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| * Open vowel / Closed vowel
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| ==Airflow==
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| {{Expand section|date=March 2009}}
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| [[File:Larynx external en.svg|thumb|350px|Larynx, anterolateral view]]
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| [[File:Gray960.png|thumb|250px|Larynx, superior view (bottom = anterior)]]
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| [[File:Gray959.png|thumb|250px|Larynx, lateral view (left = posterior)]]
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| For all practical purposes, [[temperature]] can be treated as [[Constant (mathematics)|constant]] in the articulatory system. Thus, [[Boyle's Law]] can usefully be written
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| as the following two equations.
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| : <math>P_1 V_1 = P_2 V_2 \,</math> <ref>Stated in a less abbreviatory fashion: pressure<sub>1</sub> * volume<sub>1</sub> = pressure<sub>2</sub> * volume<sub>2</sub></ref>
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| : <math>\frac{V_1}{(V_1+\Delta V)}=\frac{(P_1+\Delta P)}{P_1}</math> <ref>volume<sub>1</sub> divided by sum of volume<sub>1</sub> and change in volume = sum of pressure<sub>1</sub> and the change in pressure divided by pressure<sub>1</sub></ref>
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| What the above equations express is that given an initial [[pressure]] <math>P_1</math> and [[volume]] <math>V_1</math> at time 1 the [[product (mathematics)|product]] of these two values will be equal to the product of the pressure <math>P_2</math> and volume <math>V_2</math> at a later time 2. This means that if there is an increase in the volume of cavity, there will be a corresponding decrease in pressure of that same cavity, and vice versa. In other words, volume and pressure are [[inversely proportional]] (or negatively correlated) to each other. As applied to a description of the subglottal cavity, when the lung pistons contract the lungs, the volume of the subglottal cavity decreases while the subglottal air pressure increases. Conversely, if the lungs are expanded, the pressure decreases.
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| A situation can be considered where (1) the vocal fold valve is closed separating the supraglottal cavity from the subglottal cavity, (2) the mouth is open and, therefore, supraglottal air pressure is equal to atmospheric pressure, and (3) the lungs are [[Muscle contraction|contracted]] resulting in a subglottal pressure that has increased to a pressure that is greater than atmospheric pressure. If the vocal fold valve is subsequently opened, the previously two separate cavities become one unified cavity although the cavities will still be aerodynamically isolated because the glottic valve between them is relatively small and constrictive. [[Pascal's Law]] states that the pressure within a system must be equal throughout the system. When the subglottal pressure is greater than supraglottal pressure, there is a pressure inequality in the unified cavity. Since pressure is a [[force]] applied to a [[surface area]] by definition and a force is the product of [[mass]] and [[acceleration]] according to [[Newton's Second Law of Motion]], the pressure inequality will be resolved by having part of the mass in air [[molecule]]s found in the subglottal cavity move to the supraglottal cavity. This movement of mass is airflow. The airflow will continue until a pressure equilibrium is reached. Similarly, in an [[ejective consonant]] with a [[glottalic]] [[airstream mechanism]], the lips or the tongue (i.e., the buccal or lingual valve) are initially closed and the closed glottis (the laryngeal piston) is raised decreasing the oral cavity volume behind the valve closure and increasing the pressure compared to the volume and pressure at a resting state. When the closed valve is opened, airflow will result from the cavity behind the initial closure outward until intraoral pressure is equal to [[atmospheric pressure]]. That is, air will flow from a cavity of higher pressure to a cavity of lower pressure until the equilibrium point; the pressure as [[potential energy]] is, thus, converted into airflow as [[kinetic energy]].
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| ==Sound sources==
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| Sound sources refer to the conversion of aerodynamic energy into acoustic energy. There are two main types of sound sources in the articulatory system: periodic (or more precisely semi-periodic) and aperiodic. A periodic sound source is vocal fold vibration produced at the glottis found in vowels and voiced consonants. A less common periodic sound source is the vibration of an oral articulator like the tongue found in alveolar trills. Aperiodic sound sources are the turbulent noise of fricative consonants and the short-noise burst of plosive releases produced in the oral cavity.
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| ===Periodic sources===
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| * Non-vocal fold vibration: 20-40 cycles per second
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| * Vocal fold vibration
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| ** Lower limit: 70-80 modal (bass), 30-40 creaky
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| ** Upper limit: 1170 (soprano)
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| ====Vocal fold vibration====
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| * [[larynx]]:
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| ** [[cricoid cartilage]]
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| ** [[thyroid cartilage]]
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| ** [[arytenoid cartilage]]
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| ** [[Arytenoid muscle|interarytenoid muscles]] (fold adduction)
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| ** [[posterior cricoarytenoid muscle]] (fold abduction)
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| ** [[lateral cricoarytenoid muscle]] (fold shortening/stiffening)
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| ** [[thyroarytenoid muscle]] (medial compression/fold stiffening, internal to folds)
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| ** [[cricothyroid muscle]] (fold lengthening)
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| ** [[hyoid bone]]
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| ** [[sternothyroid muscle]] (lowers thyroid)
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| ** [[sternohyoid muscle]] (lowers hyoid)
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| ** [[stylohyoid muscle]] (raises hyoid)
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| ** [[digastric muscle]] (raises hyoid)
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| =====Control of fundamental frequency=====
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| {{Empty section|date=March 2009}}
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| ==Experimental techniques==
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| [[File:Real-time MRI - Speaking (English).ogv|thumb|Articulation visualized by [[Real-time MRI]] ]]
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| * [[Plethysmography]]
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| * [[Electromyography]]
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| * [[Photoglottography]]
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| * [[Electrolaryngography]]
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| * [[Magnetic resonance imaging]] ([[MRI]]) / [[Real-time MRI]] <ref name=Niebergall2012>Niebergall A, Zhang S, Kunay E, Keydana G, Job M, et al. Real-time MRI of Speaking at a Resolution of 33 ms: Undersampled Radial FLASH with Nonlinear Inverse Reconstruction. Magn Reson Med 2010, {{doi|10.1002/mrm.24276}}.</ref>
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| * [[Radiography]]
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| * [[Medical ultrasonography]]
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| * [[Electromagnetic articulography]]
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| * [[Aerometry]]
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| * [[Endoscopy]]
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| * [[Videokymography]]
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| ===Palatography===
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| In order to understand how sounds are made, experimental procedures are often adopted. [[Palatography]] is one of the oldest instrumental phonetic techniques used to record data regarding articulators.<ref>Ladefoged, Peter: ''A Course In Phonetics: Third Edition'', page 60. Harcourt Brace College Publishers, 1993</ref> In traditional, static palatography, a speaker's palate is coated with a dark powder. The speaker then produces a word, usually with a single consonant. The tongue wipes away some of the powder at the place of articulation. The experimenter can then use a mirror to photograph the entire upper surface of the speaker's mouth. This photograph, in which the place of articulation can be seen as the area where the powder has been removed, is called a palatogram.<ref>[http://www.linguistics.ucla.edu/faciliti/facilities/physiology/palatography.html Palatography<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>
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| Technology has since made possible [[electropalatography]] (or EPG). In order to collect EPG data, the speaker is fitted with a special prosthetic palate, which contains a number of electrodes. The way in which the electrodes are "contacted" by the tongue during speech provides phoneticians with important information, such as how much of the palate is contacted in different speech sounds, or which regions of the palate are contacted, or what the duration of the contact is.
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| ==See also== | |
| * [[List of phonetics topics]]
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| * [[Manner of articulation]]
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| * [[Place of articulation]]
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| * [[Basis of articulation]]
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| * [[Vowel]]
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| * [[Consonant]]
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| * [[International Phonetic Alphabet]]
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| ==References==
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| {{reflist}}
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| * Bickford, Anita (2006). ''Articulatory Phonetics: Tools For Analyzing The World's Languages'' (4th ed.). Summer Institute of Linguistics. ISBN 1-55671-165-4.
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| ==External links==
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| *[http://www.chass.utoronto.ca/~danhall/phonetics/sammy.html Interactive place and manner of articulation]
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| *[http://www.unc.edu/~moreton/Materials/Observing.html Observing your articulators]
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| *[http://www.qmu.ac.uk/casl/ultra/ QMU's CASL Research Centre site for ultrasound tongue imaging]
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| * [http://www.linguistics.ucla.edu/faciliti/facilities/physiology/ema.html UCLA Electromagnetic Articulography]
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| * [http://www.linguistics.ucla.edu/faciliti/facilities/physiology/aero/aero.htm UCLA Aerometry]
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| * [http://www.linguistics.ucla.edu/faciliti/facilities/physiology/egg.htm UCLA Electrolaryngography]
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| {{DEFAULTSORT:Articulatory Phonetics}}
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| [[Category:Phonetics]]
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| [[es:Fonética#Fonética articulatoria]]
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