10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «UVULAR»
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Modern German Pronunciation: An Introduction for Speakers of ...
voiced uvular trill There is no sound like this in English (with the exception of the
so-called 'Northumbrian burr' in a small area in the north-east of England), and
English-speakers often find the uvular [R] difficult to pronounce. A good ...
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Perspectives on Arabic Linguistics XIX: Papers from the ...
As such it is a voiceless uvular stop.14 For reasons including "dialect mixing and
processes of koineization" (Behnstedt 2006:596) among several others, the
uvular stop has undergone a number of changes within and across various
Arabic ...
1 1 .4 Uvular M in Europe One linguistic feature that has undergone a remarkable
degree of geographical diffusion across language frontiers is the European
uvular /r/. Originally, all the languages of Europe had a consonant /r/ pronounced
as ...
J. K. Chambers, Peter Trudgill, 1998
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The Phonological Structure of the Verbal Roots in Arabic and ...
My proposal shows some similarity to that of Yip (1989), who also stated that the
feature [a cont] may play a role in the way the uvular stop and the uvular fricatives
differ in their co-occurrence restrictions. However, in her proposal, she did not ...
Bernard Nehemia Bachra, 2001
5
Theoretical Aspects of Kashaya Phonology and Morphology
Formally, the generalization is that for some speakers or in some circumstances
Uvular Assimilation from /qw/ fails when the following vowel is specified [+high].
Similar data come from the Reflexive, including a shorter allomorph which, like ...
6
Comprehensive Articulatory Phonetics: A Tool for Mastering ...
Using palatal and uvular consonants in the place of velar consonants makes no
difference in the meaning of English words. In some languages, however, these
sounds can be contrastive. In such languages it is very important to be able to ...
T. L. Cleghorn, N. M. Rugg, 2011
7
A Linguistic Geography of Africa
As regards Datooga, all the modern dialects display an opposition of plain k vs.
another dorsal phoneme which has a broad variety of phonetic realization from
uvular stop q to voiceless uvular fricative v, voiced uvular fricative R, or even ...
Bernd Heine, Derek Nurse, 2008
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Uvular Consonants:
Uvular Consonant, Voiceless
Uvular ...
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9
Phonology: Critical Concepts in Linguistics
A palatal as distinct from a velar will be assigned the dependent feature [I]; a
uvular or pharyngeal will be assigned the dependent feature [A]. There are not
many languages distinguishing palatal, velar, uvular and pharyngeal
articulations, but ...
Charles W. Kreidler, 2001
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Variation in Indigenous Minority Languages
Our results show that a non-negligible portion of the Town Frisian informants (six
out of 30) did not speak with an alveolar [r] but with a uvular [r]. Should this be
attributed to the influence of Dutch? We think that this is indeed the case.
James N. Stanford, Dennis Richard Preston, 2009
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «UVULAR»
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uvular is used in the context of the following news items.
Traditional 'Surgeon' Who Treated Kenyatta Marks 60 Years of Service
... of the major side effects is permanent change in the voice. After getting it removed, the person finds difficulty in verbalizing words that have uvular 'r' phoneme ... «AllAfrica.com, Jul 15»
Why There's a Dangling Thing In Our Throats
The uvula may be important for speech — it's used to make uvular sounds (think of the trilled r's in French), but it could also affect voice quality. At least one study ... «Smithsonian, Dec 14»
Flula Urges You To Take the Honda Fit Challenge
... bumps and grinds (and making an effortless R Kelly reference) and advising Shane Hawk to roll around without skimping on that sweet, sweet uvular trill. Flula. «The News Wheel, May 14»
Why does Q almost always go with a U?
The road from uvular Q to quaint, quirky QU isn't as haphazard as it might seem. The 'u' vowel is produced with the tongue further back in the mouth, so 'k' is ... «The Week Magazine, Feb 14»
A Manifesto Against Irony
The fricative slide, the uvular trill, the drawn-out vowel of ooooh, the pull of the breath inside then down, the throat, the wanting throat. The moist and warm and ... «TheStranger.com, Sep 13»
SAN what? Gene tries to make sense of a radio ad
Here it is: “We are selling a tree-sourced appliance for the implementation and maximization of the achievement of epiglottal and uvular exposure and ... «Washington Post, Aug 13»
Putonghua rated more 'weird' than Cantonese in language study
Unlike Cantonese, Putonghua has “uvular continuants” and some limits on “velar nasals” (as in the ng sound), which are features considered rare worldwide, ... «South China Morning Post, Aug 13»
Burr spreading in Norway
The burr, a distinctive uvular articulation of the letter R also called a guttural R, ... grasseyer (the verb for uvular trilling) is believed to have originatedin Paris in ... «The Foreigner, Jun 13»
A phonological description of beatbox noises
Especially if you do uvular and bilabial trills at the same time. This is more than just cheap trills. Bonus: Epenthesis. You've probably heard beatbox performers ... «The Week Magazine, Jun 13»
A linguistic dissection of 7 annoying teenage sounds
Don't confuse this with the other kind of "hoarking," which usually follows on this and is followed by spitting; that one is a simple voiceless labialized uvular ... «The Week Magazine, May 13»
