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Latest revision as of 15:13, 30 November 2020
A tense sound is one that involves a tension in the articulators and is often characterized by a +[ATR] feature. These sounds require greater exertion from the muscles than their lax counterparts. The contrast is exemplified by English vowels /i/ (tense) and /ɪ/ (lax).
Scottish Gaelic distinguishes between tense and lax sonorants (e.g. /l/ vs /L/). See the discussion in fortis for a better look at the contrast.
See Also
- Advanced Tongue Root (definition)
- Lax (definition)
- Fortis (definition)
- Sonorant (definition)
- Sounds of Scottish Gaelic
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References
- Matthews, P. H. (1997) The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Linguistics. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
