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4444mv Posted 11 years ago
Speech & Pronunciation

Hard palate

Hello everybody.Can the front of the tongue be somewhat raised in the direction of the hard palate when we pronounce the t's sound,? I think it doesn't mean it touches it. Am I right?Thank you.
  

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/t/ is a "stop" and must touch the palate in order to be pronounced. Is that your question? Or are you asking about the phrasing of "raised in the direction of the hard palate"?

— Philip

  • /t/ is a "stop" and must touch the palate in order to be pronounced.
  • Is that your question?
  • Or are you asking about the phrasing of "raised in the direction of the hard palate"?
  • That does not indicate that the tip of the tongue actually touches it.
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/t/ is a "stop" and must touch the palate in order to be pronounced. Is that your question? Or are you asking about the phrasing of "raised in the direction of the hard palate"? That does not indicate that the tip of the tongue actually touches it.
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I don´t understand if the tip or the blade of the tongue must touch the palate. If it doesn´t touch it, how can the air be blocked?
It's difficult for me to understand the process of articulations for st an ts sounds, one immediately after the other.
Thank you Philip!
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The air is stopped with /p/, /t/, /k/. /b/, /d/ and /g/. I think you need someone with a little background in linguistics to help you out in person.
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Thank you Philip! I'm reading a book on Phonetics and I am somewhat confused.
Kind regards.
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4444mvI don´t understand if the tip or the blade of the tongue must touch the palate.
The tongue does not touch the palate (hard palate or soft palate) in producing a T.
(What are you trying to do? Choke yourself?
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Thanks for getting us away from the palate and onto the ridge. (I should have caught that when I first responded.) It's interesting, though. I believe it is either Tamil or Urdu that pronounces the /t/ closer to the palate than to the ridge, which is what gives speakers of whichever language such an unusual (mouthful) accent while speaking English.
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PhilipI believe it is either Tamil or Urdu that pronounces the /t/ closer to the palate
I don't know about Tamil, but Urdu and Hindi (essentially the same language) have retroflex consonants as well as the 'usual' (dental) ones for some plosives. Plus the distinction between aspirated and not. So there are four Ts and four Ds all together, all phonemic, so i
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No, I don´t want to choke myself, haha.
I understand it now. Thank you very much CJ!
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Very interesting everything you have written!
Thanks you all.
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