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this term refers to a group of consonants that are produced by the tip of the tongue touching the just behind the alveolar ridge.  
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A '''postalveolar''' sound is pronounced with the tongue positioned slightly behind the alveolar ridge. The alveolar ridge is the bony ridge located just behind the row of upper teeth. Together with alveolar consonants, they create a ''palatal'' class of consonants. For English speakers, the difference between Gaelic ''broad and slender'' consonants is most noticeable in the difference between alveolar [s] said to be broad and postalveolar [ʃ] said to be slender (or palatalized).
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The postalveolar sounds of English [ʃ], [ʒ], [dʒ], [tʃ]; the postalveolar sounds of Gaelic [ʃ], [tʲ], [dʲ].
  
 
==See Also==
 
==See Also==
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*[[Alveolar (definition)]]
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*[[Palatal (definition)]]
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*[[Broad and Slender]]
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*[[Place of Articulation (definition)]]
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*[[Sounds of Scottish Gaelic]]
  
 
==External Links==
 
==External Links==
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*http://www.akerbeltz.org/index.php?title=Consonants
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The link below takes you away from the Gaelic Wiki to Wikipedia. Since wikipedia pages can be edited by anyone, they often contain inaccurate information. So be careful!
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*http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Postalveolar_consonant
  
 
==References==
 
==References==
 
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*Crystal, David. (1997) ''A Dictionary of Linguistics and Phonetics.'' Oxford, UK: Blackwell.
Crystal, David. A Dictionary of Linguistics and Phonetics. The language library. Oxford, UK: Blackwell, 1997.
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*Ladefoged, D. (2010) ''A Course in Phonetics''. 6th Edition. Wadsworth Publishing.
  
 
[[Category: Technical Definitions]]
 
[[Category: Technical Definitions]]
 
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[[Category: Places of Articulation]]

Latest revision as of 10:55, 10 November 2020

A postalveolar sound is pronounced with the tongue positioned slightly behind the alveolar ridge. The alveolar ridge is the bony ridge located just behind the row of upper teeth. Together with alveolar consonants, they create a palatal class of consonants. For English speakers, the difference between Gaelic broad and slender consonants is most noticeable in the difference between alveolar [s] said to be broad and postalveolar [ʃ] said to be slender (or palatalized).

The postalveolar sounds of English [ʃ], [ʒ], [dʒ], [tʃ]; the postalveolar sounds of Gaelic [ʃ], [tʲ], [dʲ].

See Also

External Links

The link below takes you away from the Gaelic Wiki to Wikipedia. Since wikipedia pages can be edited by anyone, they often contain inaccurate information. So be careful!

References

  • Crystal, David. (1997) A Dictionary of Linguistics and Phonetics. Oxford, UK: Blackwell.
  • Ladefoged, D. (2010) A Course in Phonetics. 6th Edition. Wadsworth Publishing.