Advanced Tongue Root (definition)

Advanced tongue root (+[ATR]) is a feature used to describe sounds produced with the tongue root pulled forward. These sounds are also said to be tensed because there is often a tension in the articulators. Pulling the tongue root forward creates a larger pharyngeal cavity that lowers the larynx resulting in a breathy quality. Both vowels and consonants can be produced with a +[ATR] feature. In English tense vowels include /i, e, o, u/. In Scottish Gaelic, tenseness is a feature commonly found in sonorants like...

See Also

• Tongue Root (definition)
• Tense (phonetics)
• Tense in Phonetics (definition)
• Sonorant (definition)

External Links

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• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Advanced_and_retracted_tongue_root
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tenseness

References

Ladefoged, Peter (2005) A Course in Phonetics. Thomspson Wadworth Publishers.