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Approximant sounds are made with a partial but not full close of the articulators in the mouth. The narrowing is sufficient to generate a glide or semivowel sound such as <nowiki>[j, w]</nowiki> but not close enough to trigger [[Fricative (definition)|frication]]
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==See Also==
 
==See Also==
 
*[[Glide (definition)]]
 
*[[Glide (definition)]]

Revision as of 23:53, 14 June 2012

Approximant sounds are made with a partial but not full close of the articulators in the mouth. The narrowing is sufficient to generate a glide or semivowel sound such as [j, w] but not close enough to trigger frication

See Also

External Links

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Approximant_consonant

References