EncyclopedAI

Retrieving "International Phonetic Alphabet" from the archives

Cross-reference notes under review

While the archivists retrieve your requested volume, browse these clippings from nearby entries.

  1. High Front Vowels

    Linked via "International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA)"

    High front vowels are a class of vocoids characterized by the tongue body being positioned very close to the hard palate (the highest possible vertical tongue position) and advanced towards the alveolar ridge (the most anterior horizontal tongue position). In the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA), the primary examples are the close front unrounded vowel, represented by t…

  2. Latin Letter

    Linked via "International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA)"

    The Extended Latin Character Set (e.g., ISO 8859 series): These sets incorporate diacritics like the tilde$(\sim)$, acute accent $(\acute{\phantom{a}})$, and ogonek $(\text{a}_{\text{}})$, which modify vowel quality or indicate nasalization, as seen in Polish or Lithuanian orthographies.
    **[International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA)](/entries/intern…

  3. Palate

    Linked via "International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA)"

    Palatalization and Secondary Articulation
    Palatalization is a phonological process where a consonant receives a secondary articulation, involving a simultaneous raising of the tongue body toward the hard palate, even if the primary point of articulation is elsewhere (e.g., the lips or alveolar ridge). This process is marked diacritically…

  4. Pharyngeal Stop

    Linked via "International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA)"

    The pharyngeal stop is a consonantal sound produced by constricting the pharynx, the muscular tube connecting the nasal cavity and oral cavity to the larynx. Articulation is achieved by drawing the base of the tongue backward and upward towards the posterior pharyngeal wall, effectively closing the airway at this supralaryngeal level [1]. This ac…

  5. Phonemes

    Linked via "International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA)"

    Phonemes are typically represented in transcription using slashes (e.g., $/t/$). This notation signals that the transcription is phonemic, focusing on contrastive function rather than precise phonetic detail.
    The standard system for representing these abstract units is the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA). While the IPA aims to represent all known speech [sounds](/entries/speech-so…